clone 498477 -1
reassign -1 python2.4
found -1 2.4.5-5
thanks

Hi!

I propose to append this to debian/copyright:

GNU Readline
------------

The `readline' module makes use of GNU Readline.

      The GNU Readline Library is free software; you can redistribute it
      and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
      published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
      your option) any later version.

On Debian systems, you can find the complete statement in
`/usr/share/doc/libreadline5/copyright'. A copy of the GNU General
Public License is available in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

python2.4 is also affected by this bug.

Moreover, python2.4  and python2.5 are linked against  OpenSSL while GNU
Readline does not have the  special exception. This means, at best, that
a user cannot use both module using crypto (_ssl.so and _hashlib.so) and
readline  module. This  means that  in the  interactive  interpreter, it
cannot do any crypto.

As stated in the original message,  a solution could be to use editline.
However, enabling  it seems to  require some changes. Some  symbols like
emacs_meta-keymap or  rl_instream does not exist.   Its configuration is
also different:  it does not parse  .inputrc and does not  have the same
language configuration. For example, instead of doing:
 readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
you must write:
 readline.parse_and_bind("bind ^I rl_complete")

Python shipped in MacOSX uses editline.
-- 
Identify bad input; recover if possible.
            - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plauger)



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