Hello Mark, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes:
>> I note also that configure claims my readline library is too old (< >> 2.1), but I have: >> >> pkg info -x readline >> readline-7.0.5 > > Something went wrong here. The relevant check involves compiling a > small test program that references 'rl_getc_function', which was > apparently added in readline 2.1. Something must have gone wrong > compiling that test program. > > After running ./configure, there should be a file 'config.log' which > includes the failed test program, the compile command used to compile > it, and the compiler error messages. Can you search for 'readline' in > that file and see what went wrong? > > Thanks, > Mark config.log says: configure:54907: cc -std=gnu11 -o conftest -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -I/usr/local/include conftest.c -lreadline -lncurses -lcrypt -lm >&5 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lreadline So the error message is a bit misleading. Cheers, Roger