[MacPorts] #39878: port-2.2.0 has disabled readline support, and pythons won't accept inputs from an IM

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#39878: port-2.2.0 has disabled readline support, and pythons won't accept inputs
from an IM
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  Reporter:  fukuda@…                            |      Owner:  macports-
      Type:  defect                              |  tickets@…
  Priority:  Normal                              |     Status:  new
 Component:  ports                               |  Milestone:
Resolution:                                      |    Version:  2.2.0
      Port:  python27 python33 py27-readline     |   Keywords:
  py33-readline                                  |
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Comment (by fukuda@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 larryv@…]:
 > All that warning means is that MacPorts base was not compiled with
 readline support. How could that affect anything else?

 Thank you for the comment.  Frankly, I don't know or can't explain that.
 All I know is that without py27-readline python27 shows similar symptoms,
 and activating py27-readline solves the problem.  To my surprise, re-
 installation of python27 is not required. (Somehow, a readline module or
 library is linked magically.)  So, I guessed the new version of port
 switched on or off something and this affected the link with
 py27-readline.

 However, you suggest my guess should be unlikely, and I almost agree with
 you. Which aspect shall I take a look at?  After issuing the ticket, I did
 the following things without any improvement.
 - switched IM from AquaSKK to kotoeri (Apple's original Japanese IM)
 - deleted "readline.****" under /usr/local/lib
 - re-installed port-2.2.0 from .pkg
 - re-installed python27 by port -f install (I have too many dependent
 ports)
 - re-installed py27-readline (uninstalled and re-installed)

 On Mountain Lion on another machine, I have a similar environment with
 port-2.1.3, and I can input Japanese at python27 prompt.  Do you think it
 would help if I tried to selfupdate the port?

 Thanks,

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39878#comment:3>
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