From: Lars Schouw
Can anyone explain what this means the NEWS for for
2.1 beta?
R is now linked against ncurses/termlib/termcap only
if
readline is specified (now the default) and that
requires it.
I get an error while running configure:
checking for history_truncate_file... no
configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and
headers/libs are not available
It means what it says: configure will try to find
ncurses/termcap/readline (and their headers) unless
you explicitly say --with-readline=no.