2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/readline/readline.inc b/meta/recipes-core/readline/readline.inc
index 07f54a76f1..4babcbd69a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/readline/readline.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/readline/readline.inc
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 
 CONFFILES_${PN} += "${sysconfdir}/inputrc"
 
+inherit update-alternatives
+
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "history.3"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[history.3] = "${mandir}/man3/history.3"
+
 # OpenSuse injects versions into libreadline leading to conficits between our native one and theirs
 # see their spec file for where this is injected. Extra versioning is harmless so we just do the same.
 SRC_URI_append_class-native = " file://rl-native.map"
-LDFLAGS_append_class-native = " -Wl,--version-script=${WORKDIR}/rl-native.map"
\ No newline at end of file
+LDFLAGS_append_class-native = " -Wl,--version-script=${WORKDIR}/rl-native.map"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/libedit/libedit_20191231-3.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/libedit/libedit_20191231-3.1.bb
index 7116c9ddbc..267fdcc54a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/libedit/libedit_20191231-3.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/libedit/libedit_20191231-3.1.bb
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2e22a51131de94ff2df24901f7cfe416"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "dbb82cb7e116a5f8025d35ef5b4f7d4a3cdd0a3909a146a39112095a2d229071"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+
+inherit update-alternatives
+
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "90"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "history.3"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[history.3] = "${mandir}/man3/history.3"