MySQL client does not support deletes via delete key

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1

Description:
In interactive mode, mysql client does not support deleting of typos via delete key. mysql client from Oracle supports this.

./mysql --version
./mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.13, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper

How to repeat:
Open mysql client.
Type in some text.
Use the left arrow key to move back some characters.
Press the delete key.

Suggested fix:
Instead of showing “~” character when delete key is pressed, delete the character to the
right of the cursor.

2

This is because it is built against EditLine. This is a Debian insanity. Compile against readline and your problems will be gone.

3

Would you point me to a place that describes how to compile MySQL against readline?

Looking at BUILD/SETUP.sh, I see:
*** FILE SNIPPET BEGIN ***
if test -d “$path/…/cmd-line-utils/readline”
then
base_configs=“$base_configs --with-readline”
elif test -d “$path/…/cmd-line-utils/libedit”
then
base_configs=“$base_configs --with-libedit”
fi
*** FILE SNIPPET END ***

If I do a listing of that directory, I get:
ls cmd-line-utils/
libedit readline

When I compile, I just run:
cmake .
make
make install

The operating system is quite old though:
cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (x86_64)
VERSION = 9
PATCHLEVEL = 3

Thanks.