R-beta: R-0.61.3 with readline]

Hi,

Originally on Solaris I get 

	checking for main in -lreadline... no 

and also 
	checking for readline/history.h... no

You kindly suggests:

<I bet the problem is that gcc cannot find the include files for
<readline. [I think so too.] The way to fix that is
<
<a) figure out where readline.h is at. Let's say it's in
</opt/gnu/readline/readline.h 

My readline.h is in 

/home/frey/b/janku/lib/sun4/readline

so I follow your suggestion

<b) modify the makefile so that while compiling system.c, gcc will look
<in the relevant directory. That would be: modify src/unix/Makefile so
<that the relevant lines say
<
<system.o:       system.c ../include/Defn.h
<               $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -I/opt/gnu -c system.c
<

I modify Makefile.in (before ./configure) so I have relavant line in my
Makefile in that directory (after I say distclean and run ./configure again)

system.o:	system.c ../include/Defn.h
		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -I/home/frey/b/janku/lib/sun4 -c system.c


Then I say  ./configure again. I expect 'yes' attached to lreadline
and history.h, but this is _not_ the case. If I compile, than if I recall
correctly system.c cannot find history.h and I get an error.

So your suggestion is not sufficient if one starts from the scratch (two 
'no' at the outset). 

After some trials and errors I modify config.site by adding following
options to C-compiler (gnumake and gcc)

CFLAGS="-g -L/home/frey/b/janku/lib/sun4/readline -I/home/frey/b/janku/lib/sun4"

I say make distclean, ./configure again: this time I get yes to 
the first question (lreadline), no to the second (history.h). I say
make and get following error:

++++++++++
.o optimize.o options.o par.o paste.o plot.o plot3d.o plotmath.o print.o printarray.o printvector.o printutils.o random.o relop.o saveload.o scan.o seq.o sort.o source.o split.o subassign.o subscript.o subset.o summary.o unique.o util.o version.o ../lib/libgraphics.a ../lib/libunix.a ../lib/libappl.a ../lib/libmath.a  -L/usr/openwin/lib -R/usr/openwin/lib -lX11 -lsocket  -lnsl -ldl -lreadline -ltermcap -lm 
ld: fatal: library -lreadline: not found
ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to R.binary
make[2]: *** [R.binary] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/frey/b/janku/lib/sun4/R0613/src/main'
make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/frey/b/janku/lib/sun4/R0613/src'
make: *** [install] Error 2
vanaheim: R0613>
+++++++++++

Why this error? 

What should I do to get both YES in the autoconfig step?

I am not a programmer and can get some help locally in principle. 

Any suggestions?

A. Jan Kutylowski
Buskerud College

(P.S. The list is so knowledgeable and I am so ashamed of not meeting
the expectations of knowing how to include the readline that I take
permission to send it to your address directly.)