Narrowing it down, I see that the damage occurred after r26306. (But I was wrong in my earlier statement that Configure.pl was previously detecting readline on my iBook; it was not.)
Determining if your platform supports readline..........................no. Determining if your platform supports gdbm.............................yes. Seeing if your configuration includes gettext..........................yes. Testing snprintf......................................................done. Determining whether perldoc is installed...............................yes. Determining whether python is installed.........................yes, 2.3.5. Determining whether GNU m4 is installed................................yes. Determining whether (exuberant) ctags is installed......................no. Determining Parrot's revision.......................................r26306. So damage occurred between 26306 and 26335. kid51
