[GHC] #898: GHC compiles against Apple's readline, giving error

[GHC]

#898: GHC compiles against Apple's readline, giving error
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  Reporter:  doaitse         |          Owner:         
      Type:  bug             |         Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:         
 Component:  Build System    |        Version:  6.5    
  Severity:  normal          |     Resolution:         
  Keywords:  "OS X" Sockets  |             Os:  MacOS X
Difficulty:  Unknown         |   Architecture:  x86    
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Changes (by gwright at antiope.com):

  * keywords:  => "OS X" Sockets
  * cc:  => wolfgang.thaller at gmx.net

Comment:

 The bug is really that Apple symlinks libreadline to libedit, and libedit
 does not implement the
 full readline API.  I submitted a patch some time ago to detect whether
 the "libreadline" was really
 libedit and to not link it if it was.  Was this patch not applied or did
 it have an error?

 The patch was sent to resolve ticket #766, closed by Simon M on 6 July.

 Best Wishes,
 Greg

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