6.10-candidate tested

[Serge D. Mechveliani]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 05:32:51PM +0200, Christian Maeder wrote:
> Do you have libedit on your linux machine (because I haven't)?
> 

I do not know what is  libedit  and where to find it.

> In order to check this:
> Does "ghc-pkg list" the editline package? (And do your arrow keys and
> backspace work in ghci?)
> 

1. ghc-pkg list   does not show the  editline  package.
2. The arrow keys and backspace do not work in  ghci.
This is so -- on my machine, under Debian Linux.

Dear GHC developers, can you comment, please?
Is this due to some deficiency in Debian Linux installation or this is
a bug in the GHC installation?

Regards, 

-----------------
Serge Mechveliani
mechvel at botik.ru


> > This was on Linux, Debian.   I have tested  ghc-6.10.0.20080921
> >> on 
> >> * making it by ghc-6.8.2,
> >> * making it by itself,
> >> * the DoCon and Dumatel applications.