Re: pkg/59688: math/octave solved?

["Ramiro Aceves via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/59688; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>
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Subject: Re: pkg/59688: math/octave solved?
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 19:17:35 +0200

 El 7/10/25 a las 9:00, Ramiro Aceves via gnats escribió:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/59688; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: pkg/59688: math/octave
 > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 08:54:56 +0200
 > 
 >   Just in case it helps, invoking octave like this:
 >   
 >   "octave --no-line-editing"
 >   
 >   works.
 >   
 >   Something readline related?
 >   
 >   
 >   
 
 Hello.
 
 I have been investigating a bit further. It seems that readline 8.3 has 
 a bug that breaks octave:
 
 https://github.com/homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/229296
 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2025-07/msg00012.html
 https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67357
 
 I have just applied this patch to
 
 /usr/pkgsrc/devel/readline/work/readline-8.3/input.c
 
 after doing "make patch" (sorry, I do not know how to apply canonically 
 to pkgsrc):
 
 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2025-07/txtTYu28QVKRX.txt
 
 I recompiled readline and "make replace".
 
 Now I can write characters in octave prompt.
 
 Regards.