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| -rw-r--r-- | devel/p5-ReadLine-Gnu/pkg-descr | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/devel/p5-ReadLine-Gnu/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-ReadLine-Gnu/pkg-descr index a568f70c83d6..90fb406ed85b 100644 --- a/devel/p5-ReadLine-Gnu/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/p5-ReadLine-Gnu/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ -This module allows Term::ReadLine (which ships with Perl 5) to use -the GNU readline library, for improved command line editing and -recall in programs using Term::ReadLine. +Perl 5 ships with a module called Term::ReadLine which is an interface +to command line editing and recall. The version that ships with Perl +is only a stub, and offers little functionality. + +This module supplements Term::ReadLine so that it uses GNU readline, +which comes with FreeBSD. Applications that use Term::ReadLine do +not need to be modified to gain the benefits of this package; it will +happen transparently upon installation. |