Backport the patch that enables linking the readline
module to libedit on OSX 10.5 or later. (Issue 6877)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f9ef3e3..f343b8a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -556,16 +556,16 @@
# readline
do_readline = self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'readline')
- if platform == 'darwin': # and os.uname()[2] < '9.':
- # MacOSX 10.4 has a broken readline. Don't try to build
- # the readline module unless the user has installed a fixed
- # readline package
- # FIXME: The readline emulation on 10.5 is better, but the
- # readline module doesn't compile out of the box.
- if find_file('readline/rlconf.h', inc_dirs, []) is None:
- do_readline = False
+ if platform == 'darwin':
+ os_release = int(os.uname()[2].split('.')[0])
+ if os_release < 9:
+ # MacOSX 10.4 has a broken readline. Don't try to build
+ # the readline module unless the user has installed a fixed
+ # readline package
+ if find_file('readline/rlconf.h', inc_dirs, []) is None:
+ do_readline = False
if do_readline:
- if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+ if platform == 'darwin' and os_release < 9:
# In every directory on the search path search for a dynamic
# library and then a static library, instead of first looking
# for dynamic libraries on the entiry path.