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-rw-r--r--gnu/lib/libreadline/readline.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline.c b/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline.c
index ee624c1e7670f..941243ed76f07 100644
--- a/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline.c
+++ b/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline.c
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ readline (prompt)
return ((char *)NULL);
}
- rl_visible_prompt_length = rl_expand_prompt (rl_prompt);
+ if (rl_prompt != NULL)
+ rl_visible_prompt_length = rl_expand_prompt (rl_prompt);
rl_initialize ();
rl_prep_terminal (_rl_meta_flag);