From: Petr Viktorin <encukou@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:13:34 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: [3.12] gh-121160: Note that readline libraries using different history formats. ... 
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[3.12] gh-121160: Note that readline libraries using different history formats. (GH-121327) (GH-122031)

This is not something we can do too much about, without help from the
underlying libraries.
(cherry picked from commit 709db44255eb5d73fc22a1341dd0253e71ddfda9)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/readline.rst b/Doc/library/readline.rst
index 43cf8d5cdac5..f02aec8a6a81 100644
--- a/Doc/library/readline.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/readline.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ Readline library in general.
     python:bind -v
     python:bind ^I rl_complete
 
+  Also note that different libraries may use different history file formats.
+  When switching the underlying library, existing history files may become
+  unusable.
+
 
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