[3.8] bpo-38634: Allow non-apple build to cope with libedit (GH-16986) #17466
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The readline module now detects if Python is linked to libedit at runtime
on all platforms. Previously, the check was only done on macOS.
If Python is used as a library by a binary linking to libedit, the linker
resolves the rl_initialize symbol required by the readline module against
libedit instead of libreadline, which leads to a segfault.
Take advantage of the existing supporting code to have readline module being
compatible with both situations.
(cherry picked from commit 7105319)
Co-authored-by: serge-sans-paille [email protected]
https://bugs.python.org/issue38634