Python 2.2a2 on Mandrake

[Romuald Texier]

Paul Johnston wrote:

> I can never get configure to  pass the "readline"-check. The configure
> log points to termcap.
> 
> configure:6918: checking for rl_completion_matches in -lreadline
> configure:6937: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lreadline -ltermcap
> -lpthread -ldl  -lutil 1>&5
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltermcap
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> I've installed the latest termcap.rpm for Mandrake but no joy.  There is
> no termcap library I can find.
> 
> What is the secret?

The library belongs to the libtermcap RPM package. To compile you may also 
need the libtermcap-devel RPM too.

Sincerely,

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Romuald Texier
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