Dear Maintainer,
Attached is a patch which I believe fixes #504793 without requiring
dependencies on any additional packages.
Questions or comments are welcome.
Thanks,
--
Plasma
diff -Nru readline-8.2/debian/changelog readline-8.2/debian/changelog
--- readline-8.2/debian/changelog 2023-01-03 14:49:45.000000000 -0600
+++ readline-8.2/debian/changelog 2023-11-25 22:40:41.000000000 -0600
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+readline (8.2-1.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Make inputrc a conffile. (Closes: #504793)
+ * d/readline-common.postinst: Remove, no longer needed.
+ * d/readline-common.postrm: Remove, no longer needed.
+ * d/rules: Remove empty /etc directory from libreadline8.
+
+ -- David (Plasma) Paul <davidp...@librem.one> Sat, 25 Nov 2023 22:40:41 -0600
+
readline (8.2-1.3) unstable; urgency=medium
* Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru readline-8.2/debian/readline-common.postinst readline-8.2/debian/readline-common.postinst
--- readline-8.2/debian/readline-common.postinst 2009-08-29 05:34:33.000000000 -0500
+++ readline-8.2/debian/readline-common.postinst 1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh -e
-
-install_from_default() {
- if [ ! -f $2 ]; then
- cp -p $1 $2
- fi
-}
-
-if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ "$2" = "" ]; then
- install_from_default /usr/share/readline/inputrc /etc/inputrc
-fi
-
-#DEBHELPER#
--- readline-8.2/debian/readline-common.postrm 2009-08-29 05:34:33.000000000 -0500
+++ readline-8.2/debian/readline-common.postrm 1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh -e
-
-case "$1" in
- purge)
- rm -f /etc/inputrc
-esac
-
-#DEBHELPER#
--- readline-8.2/debian/rules 2022-11-11 00:26:09.000000000 -0600
+++ readline-8.2/debian/rules 2023-11-25 22:40:41.000000000 -0600
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@
: # move $(p_rl)
dh_installdirs -p$(p_rl) \
- etc \
lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
usr/share/doc
cp -a $(d)/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/lib{history,readline}.so.* $(d_rl)/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/
@@ -273,6 +272,7 @@
$(d_comm)/usr/share/man/man3/readline.3readline
mv $(d)/usr/share/info/rluserman.info $(d_comm)/usr/share/info/.
install -m 644 debian/inputrc $(d_comm)/usr/share/readline/
+ install -m 644 debian/inputrc $(d_comm)/etc/
: # move $(p_rld)
dh_installdirs -p$(p_rld) \
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@
dh_installdirs -p$(p_commu) \
usr/share/readline
install -m 644 debian/inputrc $(d_commu)/usr/share/readline/
+ install -m 644 debian/inputrc $(d_commu)/etc/
endif
ifneq ($(build32),)
