[Bug 483455] [NEW] [ghci] HOME, END, DELETE and BACKSPACE keys input garbage instead of being interpreted - libedit-dev missing in ghc6 >=6.10's build-deps

[Lukáš Vacek]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: ghc6

If you press HOME, END, DELETE or BACKSACE key in ghci prompt garbage
characters are inputed, which is definitely not a desirable behaviour.

You only need to add libedit-dev to build-deps to make ghci interpret
these keys correctly.

see http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Linux
and http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2606

I can confirm it really helps:

aptitude install libedit-dev
apt-src install ghc6
cd ghc ....
dpkg-buildpackage
dpkg -i ../ghc....

and the keys work as they are supposed to :-)

thanks!

** Affects: ghc6 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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[ghci] HOME, END, DELETE and BACKSPACE keys input garbage instead of being interpreted - libedit-dev missing in ghc6 >=6.10's build-deps
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483455
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