Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Josefsson wrote: >> I installed the patch below. It builds on the same platforms, but now >> finds the readline library properly on Fedora too. >> ... >> checking for readline... yes >> checking how to link with libreadline... -lreadline -ltermcap > > This is a problem because libtermcap is unsecure by design. (It has APIs > where the caller must allocate a buffer and doesn't tell the callee how > large the buffer is.) Therefore libncurses is to be preferred over > libtermcap. If you leave the macro as is, it will lead to rpms of some > packages that force users to install the termcap rpm. > > I installed this patch.
Thanks! Looks good. _______________________________________________ bug-gnulib mailing list bug-gnulib@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnulib
