[syslinux] tftp-hpa and readline

[Martin Jackson]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Martin Jackson wrote:
> 
>>I have tried compiling tftp-hpa on Red Hat 7.3, 8.0, and Debian
>>testing/unstable...I haven't been able to get readline to link on any of
>>them, regardless of passing --with-readline.
>>
>>Likewise, I am having trouble getting regex maps to compile on Debian
>>testing/unstable (though it works on Red Hat).
>>
>>Can anyone give me some pointers?
>>
>>I suspect something with autoconf, though I also saw something about
>>possible licensing issues on one of the Debian lists.
>>
> 
> 
> OK, the readline problem I've found; it's a problem with configure.in;
> you should be able to work around it by:
> 
> LIBS='-ltermcap' ./configure
> 
> I'll have a fix in the next release.

FYI, this does not work under current Debian testing/unstable.  I 
suspect there are some differences in the termcap libraries.  Any 
suggestions on what I might try?

I found the message in the debian archives - something about not being 
able to link readline to tftp-hpa because of its license, which is 
claimed to be BSD-with-advertising-clause by the Debian package, at least.

I wasn't aware that GPL was link-incompatible with old-style BSD.  Or is 
that a debian-specific interpretation?

Thanks,

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