Re: bash will not link against ncursesw and readline in /usr/local

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/11/18 6:34 AM, John Frankish wrote:
> Using bash-4.4.18
> Intel core i7 laptop running 32-bit or 64-bit linux
> Using gcc-8.2.0
> 
> The configure script does not find libncursesw on a system where only the 
> wide version of ncurses exists  - even when readine is linked against 
> ncursesw.

I haven't seen a distro where ncursesw is installed without a link to
ncurses. Which distribution are you using?

I could add a check for ncursesw, but that's the kind of thing the distro
usually does.

> The configure scripts does not find libreadline when it is compiled to 
> /usr/local and when using the configure switch 
> "--with-installed-readline=/usr/local"

I don't have any trouble finding readline in /usr/local/lib/libreadline.so
after installing it, editing /etc/ld.so.conf, and running ldconfig. I tried
with readline-8.0-beta and bash-5.0-beta, so at least it will be working
when those hit release status.

Chet

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