Re: Guile-1.8.4 compile bug Mac OS X 10.4.11 PPC G4

[Hans Aberg <haberg@math.su.se>]

On 7 Mar 2008, at 20:55, Neil Jerram wrote:

> From our new FAQ (which will be part of the distribution in 1.8.5):
>
> ========FAQ=========
> ** readline.c: error: `rl_pending_input' undeclared
>
> This occurs if the Readline library detected by Guile's configure
> script is actually the BSD Editline project's supposedly
> Readline-compatible library.  The immediate fix is to uninstall
> Editline and install the real GNU Readline instead.  When you do this,
> please note that it probably won't work to keep Editline in /usr and
> install GNU Readline in /usr/local (or some similar arrangement),
> because the Editline library will then still be picked up at link and
> run time; it's best (subject to other constraints) to remove Editline
> completely.
>
> For the longer term, please also report this problem to the Editline
> project, to encourage them to fix it in the next release of their
> Readline compatibility library.
> ========FAQ=========
>
> Does that help?

This might indeed be the problem - I think I saw that Mac OS X comes  
with Editline.

I have since installed Readline; I need to check if it fixes it.

Otherwise, a fix might be that the Guile installation checks for  
readline in /usr/local/.

   Hans Aberg