[Python-Dev] Building on OS X 10.4 fails

[Guido van Rossum]

On 1/17/06, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:
> >>>>> "Anthony" == Anthony Baxter <anthony at interlink.com.au> writes:
>
>     Anthony> It sounds like configure needs to grow a test to detect
>     Anthony> that a "libreadline" it finds is actually the crackful
>     Anthony> "libedit" and refuse to use it if so.
>
> FYI: Real libreadline is GPL, and rms made a point of forcing
> (Aladdin-licensed) Ghostscript to remove stanzas from the Makefile
> that allowed linking to it as a user option.  Ie, this particular pain
> in the neck is deliberate FSF policy, to encourage use of the GPL.

Can we just all agree that RMS is an asshole now? Bah.

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