Supporting rl_library_version is more trouble than it's worth --
readline doesn't have it before readline 2.2 and there's no
compile-time way to find out which readline version is in use.
Sigh. GNU readline sucks.
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index 4105ddb..cf0b064 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
extern int write_history(char *);
extern int history_truncate_file(char *, int);
extern Function *rl_event_hook;
-extern char *rl_library_version;
#endif
/* Pointers needed from outside (but not declared in a header file). */
@@ -495,16 +494,10 @@
DL_EXPORT(void)
initreadline(void)
{
- PyObject *m, *d, *v;
+ PyObject *m;
m = Py_InitModule4("readline", readline_methods, doc_module,
(PyObject *)NULL, PYTHON_API_VERSION);
-
- d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
- v = PyString_FromString(rl_library_version);
- PyDict_SetItemString(d, "library_version", v);
- Py_XDECREF(v);
-
if (isatty(fileno(stdin))) {
PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer = call_readline;
setup_readline();