> The INSTALL file of the GHC 5.02.2 Linux Binary Dist contains a note
> that the compiler has been linked against Readline 3 and that this
> might cause problems on newer Linux distributions, which use
> Readline 4.
>
> Let me first remark that the same problem occurs with NCurses: GHC ist
> linked against version 4 while current Red Hat e.g. uses version 5.
>
> Now your suggestion to use a symlink
>
> libreadline.so.3 -> /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4.x
>
> works of cause, but placing this hack-link in /usr/lib _might_ cause
> problems with other software, and if not this, it's dirty anyway.
>
> There is a better solution IMHO:
>
> 1) put the symlinks into the "lib/"-directory of the
> ghc-installation or at another package-specific place,
> so that no collisions with other software can occure
>
> 2) set $LD_LIBRARY_PATH when starting the compiler
Thanks, but I don't think we're going to go to a great deal of trouble
to fix this given that the "right" thing to do is to install an RPM that
matches your flavour of Linux. The Linux binary distribution is
advertised as working on RedHat 6.2, and YMMV if you install it on
anything else, sorry.
Cheers,
Simon
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