diff --git a/base/readline/fix-install.patch b/base/readline/fix-install.patch.disabled
similarity index 93%
rename from base/readline/fix-install.patch
rename to base/readline/fix-install.patch.disabled
index 6461f2869..957658f09 100644
--- a/base/readline/fix-install.patch
+++ b/base/readline/fix-install.patch.disabled
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
-# Filename: package/.../readline/fix-install.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2016 The OpenSDE Project
+# Filename: package/.../readline/fix-install.patch.disabled
+# Copyright (C) 2016 - 2020 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
diff --git a/base/readline/readline.conf b/base/readline/readline.conf
index cdbcbf4fb..952ff00ea 100644
--- a/base/readline/readline.conf
+++ b/base/readline/readline.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../readline/readline.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2009 - 2016 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2009 - 2020 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-var_remove confopt " " "--disable-shared"
-var_remove confopt " " "--disable-static"
-hook_add postmake 5 "cp -rv examples/ $root/$docdir"
+var_append confopt ' ' '--disable-static'
 
 if pkginstalled -f ncurses; then
-	var_append makeopt ' ' 'SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses'
-	var_append makeinstopt ' ' 'SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses'
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--with-curses'
+	var_append makeopt ' ' 'SHLIB_LIBS=-lncursesw'
+	var_append makeinstopt ' ' 'SHLIB_LIBS=-lncursesw'
 fi
 
 pkg_readline_preconf() {
@@ -43,3 +42,13 @@ hook_add preconf 5 "pkg_readline_preconf"
 if atstage cross; then
 	var_append configcache ' ' 'bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=no'
 fi
+
+pkg_readline_postinstall() {
+# we move libs in a nicer place
+	mv $root/usr/lib/lib{readline,history}.so.* $root//lib
+	chmod -v u+w $root/lib/lib{readline,history}.so.*
+	ln -sfv $root/lib/$(readlink $root/usr/lib/libreadline.so) $root/usr/lib/libreadline.so
+	ln -sfv $root/lib/$(readlink $root/usr/lib/libhistory.so ) $root/usr/lib/libhistory.so
+}
+
+hook_add postinstall 7 "pkg_readline_postinstall"
diff --git a/base/readline/readline.desc b/base/readline/readline.desc
index 9fc3e2ea0..ee6f77b7e 100644
--- a/base/readline/readline.desc
+++ b/base/readline/readline.desc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../readline/readline.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2016 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2020 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -32,15 +32,11 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 6.3.008
+[V] 8.0.4
 [P] X -1---5---9 104.100
 
-[D] 3521982106 readline-6.3.tar.gz http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/readline/
-[D] 2184266482 readline-6.3-001.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-001
-[D] 1734273339 readline-6.3-002.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-002
-[D] 572765940 readline-6.3-003.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-003
-[D] 4193524951 readline-6.3-004.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-004
-[D] 1156979521 readline-6.3-005.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-005
-[D] 1194544246 readline-6.3-006.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-006
-[D] 1024539952 readline-6.3-007.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-007
-[D] 1838080251 readline-6.3-008.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-008
+[D] 3069858631 readline-8.0.tar.gz http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/readline/
+[D] 95990153 readline-8.0-001.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-8.0-patches/readline80-001
+[D] 442497316 readline-8.0-002.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-8.0-patches/readline80-002
+[D] 3853092205 readline-8.0-003.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-8.0-patches/readline80-003
+[D] 997971303 readline-8.0-004.patch !http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-8.0-patches/readline80-004