Re: [bug-gawk] gawk 4.1.0 fails to build on Mac OS X 10.6.8

[Aharon Robbins]

Hi.  I'm not sure if I replied to this.

> From: Larry Baker <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 20:45:03 -0700
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [bug-gawk] gawk 4.1.0 fails to build on Mac OS X 10.6.8
>
> gawk 4.1.0 fails to build on Mac OS X 10.6.8:
>
> > Undefined symbols:
> >   "_history_list", referenced from:
> >       _do_save in debug.o
> >       _serialize in debug.o
> > ld: symbol(s) not found
>
> history_list() does not exist in Mac OS X /usr/include/readline/readline.h.
>
> Samba already knows about this (from 
> http://ftp.samba.org/pub/unpacked/samba_3_current/source4/lib/smbreadline/readline.m4):
> > # not all readline libs have rl_event_hook or history_list
>
> gawk 4.0.2 works fine.
>
> Straightforward config: ./configure, make.
>
> Larry Baker
> address@hidden

I think the solution for now is to build the most recent libreadline
and install it locally, and then use that.

I will try to look into this in more detail.

Thanks,

Arnold