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  1. Bug #124846
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Comment 2 for bug 124846

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In , Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote : RE: Bug#286356: php4-cli: Problem caused by using libedit!

Wim Heirman wrote:
>
> Readline does not have this problem, so if php4 would just be
> configured with --with-readline instead of --with-libedit, our
> problem would be solved. (Why is the non-GNU libedit used anyway?)

Licensing issues. Readline is GPL, and we can't link with GPL libraries
without violating their license.

... Adam