[R] readline issue with 3.3.1

[Ralf Goertz]

Am Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:57:17 +0200
schrieb Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>:

>> Ralf Goertz <r_goertz at web.de> on Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:15:36 +0200
>> writes:  
> 
>> It would be great if – while fixing this – you also took care of the
>> SIGWINCH problem described in bug report
>> https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16604  

> Well, that *has* been fixed in 'R-devel' and 'R 3.3.1 patched' ... but
> again only for readline >= 6.3

[snip]

> One reason we have not closed the bug is that the fix is only for
> readline >= 6.3, ... and also that I don't think we got much of user
> confirmation of the form " yes, the bug goes away once I compile
> R-devel or R-patched "

Thanks for the explanation. I will provide confirmation as soon as
R-patched hits my repositories. ;-)

Ralf