Roman Avdeenko <rav(at)ih(dot)net(dot)ua> writes:
> Use RH Linux90.
> Try configure postgresql-7.4.1
> Type ./configure
> Error is
> checking for readline... no
It works for me on a stock RHL 9 machine (or I think it's stock, anyway,
it's not my machine...).
> Have installed readline-4.3-5, readline41-4.1-16, readline-devel-4.3-5
This machine has
$ rpm -qa | grep readline
readline-4.3-5
readline-devel-4.3-5
$
Maybe the presence of two different readline versions is confusing
matters on your machine?
regards, tom lane