bindctl command history

[Shane Kerr]

Jeff,

On Friday, 2012-05-18 09:33:46 +0000,
"Spain, Dr. Jeffry A." <spainj at countryday.net> wrote:
> >> From yesterday's conference call I understand that bindctl is
> >> supposed to support command history using the arrow keys.
> 
> > This is provided by the python readline module.  Some installations
> > of python do not include it. It is included by python3.1 by
> > default; a package maintainer may choose to provide a separate
> > package for it. You may need to install the readline line editing
> > support for your python3 package.
> 
> > The related ticket is
> > http://bind10.isc.org/ticket/677
> 
> > Yes we need to clearly document this.
> 
> I looked into this, and if you build Python from source on Ubuntu,
> readline isn't included by default. I'll figure out how to make this
> work and update my build notes on the bind10 Wiki.
> 
> With regard to ticket 677, I agree that configure should warn when
> the python readline module isn't installed. I don't see the utility
> of issuing a warning on each execution of bindctl. This is a problem
> that one would want to know about during bind10 installation, and
> choose to either fix it or ignore it prior to putting bind10 into
> operation.

Okay, I've updated ticket 677 with these suggestions. 

I also updated the Ubuntu installation guide to note that if you want
command recall and build Python you need to install the appropriate
package.

Thanks!

--
Ahane