fix readline extension compilation against readline 6.3 readline 6.3 removed some typedefs that had been deprecated for some time, but Python 2.7.6 still uses them and therefore fails to build the readline extension when it is enabled. This issue has been addressed in the Python bug tracker here: http://bugs.python.org/issue20374. The patch below is based on the readline_func_cast.patch patch uploaded there. Also see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00003.html for more information. This patch should be removed with the next Python 2.7 release, which should include the fix. Signed-off-by: Ivan Sergeev diff -purN python-2.7.6.orig/Modules/readline.c python-2.7.6/Modules/readline.c --- python-2.7.6.orig/Modules/readline.c 2014-04-16 13:40:17.566874715 -0700 +++ python-2.7.6/Modules/readline.c 2014-04-16 13:37:15.421231983 -0700 @@ -911,12 +911,12 @@ setup_readline(void) rl_bind_key_in_map ('\t', rl_complete, emacs_meta_keymap); rl_bind_key_in_map ('\033', rl_complete, emacs_meta_keymap); /* Set our hook functions */ - rl_startup_hook = (Function *)on_startup_hook; + rl_startup_hook = on_startup_hook; #ifdef HAVE_RL_PRE_INPUT_HOOK - rl_pre_input_hook = (Function *)on_pre_input_hook; + rl_pre_input_hook = on_pre_input_hook; #endif /* Set our completion function */ - rl_attempted_completion_function = (CPPFunction *)flex_complete; + rl_attempted_completion_function = flex_complete; /* Set Python word break characters */ completer_word_break_characters = rl_completer_word_break_characters =