This doesn't seem to be possible without violating GPL. To quote from /usr/share/doc/gnuplot/README.Debian:
"Yes, the built in readline of gnuplot is bad. However, libreadline cannot be used instead because it is licensed under the GPL, whereas gnuplot has special licenses (patches only). Distribution of those programs linked together is legally impossible but you may rebuild your own custom package with readline. Please don't file bugs telling me to use libreadline in gnuplot..." If the licensing situation of either gnuplot or libreadline is changed (I am especially curious about how Fedora can enable this), please let us know. -- feature request for --enable-history-file build option https://launchpad.net/bugs/72072 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
