If there is no libtermcap all the readline tests failed.
This inappropriately disabled some capabilities which exist.
Now test for readline in -lreadline, if not found there, try it
in -ltermcap only if not in -lreadline. If both libraries are
required, there will need to be more work, but I'm not sure
under what conditions both libraries would be required.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a59889e..bc2ed78 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 41923 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 41924 .
# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.5.
#
@@ -19694,6 +19694,159 @@
fi
+# check where readline lives
+
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for readline in -lreadline" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for readline in -lreadline... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_readline_readline+set}" = set; then
+ echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+ ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lreadline $LIBS"
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h. */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h. */
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+ builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */
+char readline ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+readline ();
+ ;
+ return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_link) 2>conftest.er1
+ ac_status=$?
+ grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+ rm -f conftest.er1
+ cat conftest.err >&5
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); } &&
+ { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+ || test ! -s conftest.err'
+ { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
+ { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
+ { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+ ac_cv_lib_readline_readline=yes
+else
+ echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+ac_cv_lib_readline_readline=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+ conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_readline_readline" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_readline_readline" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_readline_readline = yes; then
+ cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_LIBREADLINE 1
+_ACEOF
+
+ LIBS="-lreadline $LIBS"
+
+fi
+
+if test "$ac_cv_have_readline_readline" = no
+then
+
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for readline in -ltermcap" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for readline in -ltermcap... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_termcap_readline+set}" = set; then
+ echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+ ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-ltermcap $LIBS"
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h. */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h. */
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+ builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */
+char readline ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+readline ();
+ ;
+ return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_link) 2>conftest.er1
+ ac_status=$?
+ grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+ rm -f conftest.er1
+ cat conftest.err >&5
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); } &&
+ { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+ || test ! -s conftest.err'
+ { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
+ { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
+ { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+ ac_cv_lib_termcap_readline=yes
+else
+ echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+ac_cv_lib_termcap_readline=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+ conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_termcap_readline" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_termcap_readline" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_termcap_readline = yes; then
+ cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_LIBTERMCAP 1
+_ACEOF
+
+ LIBS="-ltermcap $LIBS"
+
+fi
+
+fi
+
# check for readline 2.1
echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for rl_callback_handler_install in -lreadline" >&5
echo $ECHO_N "checking for rl_callback_handler_install in -lreadline... $ECHO_C" >&6
@@ -19701,7 +19854,7 @@
echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
else
ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lreadline -ltermcap $LIBS"
+LIBS="-lreadline $LIBS"
cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
/* confdefs.h. */
_ACEOF
@@ -19833,7 +19986,7 @@
echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
else
ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lreadline -ltermcap $LIBS"
+LIBS="-lreadline $LIBS"
cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
/* confdefs.h. */
_ACEOF
@@ -19907,7 +20060,7 @@
echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
else
ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lreadline -ltermcap $LIBS"
+LIBS="-lreadline $LIBS"
cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
/* confdefs.h. */
_ACEOF