Bug#844901: openssh: FTBFS: configure: error: libedit not found

[Colin Watson]

reassign 844901 libedit-dev 3.1-20160903-1
affects 844901 src:openssh
reassign 844573 libedit-dev 3.1-20160903-1
severity 844705 serious
merge 844573 844705 844901
thanks

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 07:55:07AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
> amd64.
> 
> Relevant part (hopefully):
> > checking for /proc/pid/fd directory... yes
> > checking for libwrap... yes
> > checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
> > checking if /usr/bin/pkg-config knows about libedit... yes
> > checking for el_init in -ledit... no
> > configure: error: libedit not found
> > 	"tail -v -n +0 config.log"

config.log says:

  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses

So this is the same as #844573 and #844705: either libedit-dev should
depend on libncurses5-dev, or (perhaps preferably?) the fix from #644421
should be restored and libedit should once again link against libtinfo
rather than libncurses.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]