David Comay wrote: >> At the moment, readline support for ntpq and ntpdc >> isn't included since >> there's no public libreadline in OpenSolaris. >> postgres in sfw does have a >> rivate copy, which is ugly, so it might be useful to >> lobby for the proper >> integration of libreadline. There seem to be >> licensing issues, though, >> since libreadline is GPL, not LGPL, as has been >> discussed a bit on >> tools-discuss when the issue of introducing /usr/gnu >> has been brought up. > > Any idea on how hard it would be to add libtecla support to these commands and > then contribute the changes back upstream?
Hmm. That might be a way to go. The problem would be the handling of the code fork. The NTP is so ifdef'ed ugly that new ifdefs are likely to be viewed with considerable resistance. On the other hand, if the conversion isn't too painful and still remains compatible with systems without libtecla and at the same time improves the interface, it might be able to be pushed through. The NTP project is very receptive to code contributions, but there has been some push back lately towards requiring new add-on libraries that might not be available on all platforms. -- blu Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF. All my base are belong to you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Utterback - OP/N1 RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom
