diff -Nru lua-readline-2.9/debian/changelog lua-readline-3.0/debian/changelog
--- lua-readline-2.9/debian/changelog	2021-01-09 12:53:01.000000000 +0000
+++ lua-readline-3.0/debian/changelog	2021-08-17 08:14:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+lua-readline (3.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Sergei Golovan <sgolovan@debian.org>  Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:14:38 +0300
+
 lua-readline (2.9-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff -Nru lua-readline-2.9/doc/readline.html lua-readline-3.0/doc/readline.html
--- lua-readline-2.9/doc/readline.html	2021-01-06 04:21:56.000000000 +0000
+++ lua-readline-3.0/doc/readline.html	2021-04-18 05:42:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -376,9 +376,23 @@
  &nbsp; # luarocks install readline</CODE>
 </p><p>
 or:<BR><CODE>
-&nbsp; # luarocks install https://pjb.com.au/comp/lua/readline-2.8-0.rockspec
+&nbsp; # luarocks install https://pjb.com.au/comp/lua/readline-3.0-0.rockspec
 </CODE>
 </P><p>
+If this results in an error message such as:<BR>
+<CODE>
+ &nbsp; Error: Could not find expected file libreadline.a, or libreadline.so,<BR></CODE>
+then you need to find the appropriate directory with:<BR><CODE>
+ &nbsp; find /usr/lib -name 'libreadline.*' -print</CODE><BR>
+and then invoke:<BR><CODE>
+ &nbsp; luarocks install \<BR>
+ &nbsp; https://www.pjb.com.au/comp/lua/readline-3.0-0.rockspec \<BR>
+ &nbsp; READLINE_INCDIR=/usr/local/Cellar/readline/8.1/include \<BR>
+ &nbsp; READLINE_LIBDIR=/usr/local/Cellar/readline/8.1/lib \<BR>
+ &nbsp; HISTORY_INCDIR=/usr/local/Cellar/readline/8.1/include \<BR>
+ &nbsp; HISTORY_LIBDIR=/usr/local/Cellar/readline/8.1/lib # or wherever</CODE><BR>
+accordingly.
+</P><p>
 It depends on the <em>readline</em> library and its header-files;
 for example on Debian you may need:<BR>
 <CODE> &nbsp; # aptitude install libreadline6 libreadline6-dev</CODE>
@@ -387,11 +401,13 @@
 <CODE> &nbsp; # yum install readline-devel</CODE></P>
 </P><P>
 You can see the source-code in:<BR>
-<CODE> &nbsp; https://pjb.com.au/comp/lua/readline-2.8.tar.gz</CODE>
+<CODE> &nbsp; https://pjb.com.au/comp/lua/readline-3.0.tar.gz</CODE>
 </P>
 <hr />
 <h2><a name="changes">CHANGES</a></h2>
 <pre>
+ 20210418 3.0 pass READLINE_INCDIR and READLINE_LIBDIR to gcc
+ 20210127 2.9 fix version number again
  20210106 2.8 include string.h
  20200801 2.7 add lua 5.4
  20200409 2.6 jaawerth: added set_readline_name()
diff -Nru lua-readline-2.9/readline.lua lua-readline-3.0/readline.lua
--- lua-readline-2.9/readline.lua	2021-01-06 04:21:56.000000000 +0000
+++ lua-readline-3.0/readline.lua	2021-04-18 05:42:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 local M = {} -- public interface
-M.Version     = '2.7' -- add set_readline_name() and fix version number
-M.VersionDate = '15apr2020'
+M.Version     = '2.9' -- fix version number again
+M.VersionDate = '27jan2021'
 
 --[[
 Alexander Adler suggests adding four Alternate-Interface functions:
@@ -516,6 +516,9 @@
 
 =head1 CHANGES
 
+
+ 20210127 2.9 fix version number again
+ 20210106 2.8 add set_readline_name() and fix version number
  20200801 2.7 add 5.4
  20180924 2.2 add set_completion_append_character 
  20180912 2.1 C code stack-bug fix in handler_calls_completion_callback