#1142291 rlwrap is outdated and very buggy - This has been fixed since (Nov 13, 2025)

Package:
rlwrap
Source:
rlwrap
Description:
readline feature command line wrapper
Submitter:
Grégory Vanuxem
Date:
2026-07-17 09:09:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1142291#5
Date:
2026-07-17 09:06:23 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

This package encapsulates command line tools in the readline library to
resume simply.

Could it be possible to update it to 0.48 (at least observed on x86_64).
The Debian (and derived) versions are very buggy.

Fixes:

Bug fixes:
rlwrap would mess up history when compiled with readline-8.3
--filter 'filter_commandline $with <shell_metachars' would not find filters
in $RLWRAP_FILTERDIR
rlwrap would not always honour show-mode-in-prompt
make pipeline filter find filters in $RLWRAP_FILTERDIR

See:

https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap/issues/225
https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap/issues/214

For a lot of more arch may be,

Regards,

Greg