[bug-inetutils] Readlib and FTP client again.

[Mats Erik Andersson]

Dear all,

only recently did I understand the full implication of dropping
our use of the Gnulib module "readline", and I now find myself
to disagree with that action, undertaken this past November.

What I would like to see is an FTP client that compiles against
"libreadline/libedit", should either be available, and otherwise
the client should fall back to the rudimental editing capabilities
provided by said Gnulib module. What circumstances are speaking
against this remedy?

The benefit would be a an FTP client that at all times is capable
enough to use in scripts, although users might miss the history
support, should they have been unattentative at build time.

In the present situation, the failure to build the FTP client
will lead to a system dependent failure when generating the
manpages using "help2man". I believe to recall at least two
machines aborting the first build step due to this mistake.

Best regards,
  Mats
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