Obviously, the solution to this problem is that either readline or openssl has to go. I figured that readline was easier, and libedit support is actually already there; it just needs some fixing (which is apparently also being worked on upstream). With the attached patch, I believe the issue should be resolved.
diff -u ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/changelog ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/changelog --- ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/changelog +++ ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +ntp (1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * Use libedit instead of libreadline, added libedit.patch (closes: #448408) + + -- Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:53:11 +0200 + ntp (1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-5) unstable; urgency=low * Removed mentions of -d and -D options from ntpd man page, because the diff -u ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/control ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/control --- ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/control +++ ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/control @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian NTP Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uploaders: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 6), libreadline5-dev, libcap-dev | not+linux-gnu, libssl-dev (>= 0.9), quilt (>= 0.40) -Build-Conflicts: libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev, libwww-dev, libwww-ssl-dev +Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 6), libedit-dev, libcap-dev | not+linux-gnu, libssl-dev (>= 0.9), quilt (>= 0.40) +Build-Conflicts: libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev, libreadline-dev, libwww-dev, libwww-ssl-dev Standards-Version: 3.7.3 Homepage: http://ntp.isc.org/ Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-ntp/ntp/trunk/ diff -u ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/rules ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/rules --- ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/rules +++ ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/rules @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ build: config build-stamp build-stamp: config.status dh_testdir - $(MAKE) + $(MAKE) -k touch $@ clean: clean-patched unpatch diff -u ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/patches/series ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/patches/series --- ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/patches/series +++ ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/patches/series @@ -11,2 +11,3 @@ openssl-disable-check.patch +libedit.patch autotools.patch diff -u ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/patches/autotools.patch ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/patches/autotools.patch only in patch2: unchanged: --- ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg.orig/debian/patches/libedit.patch +++ ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/patches/libedit.patch @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +fixes to be able to use libedit instead of readline; see also bug #448408 + +--- a/configure.ac ++++ b/configure.ac +@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(md5, MD5Init, , + AC_CHECK_LIB(md, MD5Init)) + AC_CHECK_FUNCS(MD5Init) + dnl HMS: What a hack... +-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline/history.h readline/readline.h) +-case "$ac_cv_header_readline_history_h$ac_cv_header_readline_readline_h" in ++AC_CHECK_HEADERS(editline/history.h editline/readline.h) ++case "$ac_cv_header_editline_history_h$ac_cv_header_editline_readline_h" in + *no*) ;; + *) save_LIBS=$LIBS + LIBS= +--- a/ntpdc/ntpdc.c ++++ b/ntpdc/ntpdc.c +@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ + #endif /* SYS_WINNT */ + + #if defined(HAVE_LIBREADLINE) || defined (HAVE_LIBEDIT) +-# include <readline/readline.h> +-# include <readline/history.h> ++# include <editline/readline.h> ++# include <editline/history.h> + #endif /* HAVE_LIBREADLINE || HAVE_LIBEDIT */ + + #ifdef SYS_VXWORKS +--- a/ntpq/ntpq.c ++++ b/ntpq/ntpq.c +@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ + #endif /* SYS_WINNT */ + + #if defined(HAVE_LIBREADLINE) || defined(HAVE_LIBEDIT) +-# include <readline/readline.h> +-# include <readline/history.h> ++# include <editline/readline.h> ++# include <editline/history.h> + #endif /* HAVE_LIBREADLINE || HAVE_LIBEDIT */ + + #ifdef SYS_VXWORKS
