[Bug 1058289] Re: Critical readline6 patch not included

[John Swensen]

As a side note, I downloaded the .dsc and the Ubuntu 12.04 source
package and notices that the readline62_001 patch found on the GNU
Readline FTP site is included in the current build as the patch
readline62_001.diff.  So, I think it is just a matter of including the
readline62_002, readline62_003, and readline62_004 patches also.

Is it enough to just add these to the debian/patches directory and
modify the series file also.  I am willing to help get this ready to
submit to  build servers, but don't know the process. Do I need to
update the .dsc file. Do I bump the version up to 6.2-9?

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Title:
  Critical readline6 patch not included

Status in “readline6” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  There is a fairly critical readline6 bug that has been fixed with an official patch, but none of the major distros seem to have built with the fix.  The patch can be found at 
  ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/readline-6.2-patches
  The problem in question is fixed by patch 003, but suppose that if a new package is being built that you might as well apply all of them.

  The GNU Readline maintainer informed me that you can also get a patched version of 6.2 at
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/readline.git/readline-master.tar.gz
  He also informed me that it is currently uncertain when another official dot-version of 6.2 (or 6.3) will be issued, and suggested I open a bug report with launchpad (and other distros) to try and get the fix incorporated.

  A descriptions of the kind of problems this patch can fix, look at our application with GNU Octave described at
  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2012-06/msg00008.html
  and
  https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2012-September/030316.html

  Thanks.

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