Remove readline support

Lix cannot be built with GNU readline, and we would "rather not" be GPL.

Change-Id: I0e86f0f10dab966ab1d1d467fb61fd2de50c00de
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Rebecca Turner 2024-09-08 18:37:28 -07:00
parent e9505dcc5a
commit 7ae0409989
Signed by: rbt
SSH key fingerprint: SHA256:SiNaEWabvotTldoNb5jIKqjJ3RnpS4aRXA4KLAdW5vs
3 changed files with 18 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
---
synopsis: readline support removed
cls: [1885]
category: Packaging
credits: [9999years]
---
Support for building Lix with [`readline`][readline] instead of
[`editline`][editline] has been removed. `readline` support hasn't worked for a
long time (attempting to use it would lead to build errors) and would make Lix
subject to the GPL if it did work. In the future, we're hoping to replace
`editline` with [`rustyline`][rustyline] for improved ergonomics in the `nix
repl`.
[readline]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Readline
[editline]: https://github.com/troglobit/editline
[rustyline]: https://github.com/kkawakam/rustyline

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@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
#include <string_view>
#include <cerrno>
#ifdef READLINE
#include <readline/history.h>
#include <readline/readline.h>
#else
// editline < 1.15.2 don't wrap their API for C++ usage
// (added in https://github.com/troglobit/editline/commit/91398ceb3427b730995357e9d120539fb9bb7461).
// This results in linker errors due to to name-mangling of editline C symbols.
@ -20,7 +16,6 @@
extern "C" {
#include <editline.h>
}
#endif
#include "finally.hh"
#include "repl-interacter.hh"
@ -115,17 +110,13 @@ ReadlineLikeInteracter::Guard ReadlineLikeInteracter::init(detail::ReplCompleter
} catch (SysError & e) {
logWarning(e.info());
}
#ifndef READLINE
el_hist_size = 1000;
#endif
read_history(historyFile.c_str());
auto oldRepl = curRepl;
curRepl = repl;
Guard restoreRepl([oldRepl] { curRepl = oldRepl; });
#ifndef READLINE
rl_set_complete_func(completionCallback);
rl_set_list_possib_func(listPossibleCallback);
#endif
return restoreRepl;
}

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@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ constexpr std::array<ExperimentalFeatureDetails, numXpFeatures> xpFeatureDetails
.tag = Xp::ReplAutomation,
.name = "repl-automation",
.description = R"(
Makes the repl not use readline/editline, print ENQ (U+0005) when ready for a command, and take commands followed by newline.
Makes the repl not use editline, print ENQ (U+0005) when ready for a command, and take commands followed by newline.
)",
},
}};