ghc-5.02/libreadline.so.3

[Ch. A. Herrmann]

Dear Haskellers,

in ghc-5.02/distrib/INSTALL, there is the following hint:

> Linux users: GHCi-5.00 needs libreadline.so.3.  Newer Linuxes (SuSE
> 7.1, possibly RH 7.X, possibly Mandrake 8.X) only come with
> libreadline.so.4.  If you need libreadline.so.3 and only have the .4
> version, you might be able to get things working by making a symbolic
> link from libreadline.so.4 to libreadline.so.3.  We tried this on a
> SuSE 7.1 box and it seemed to work.

It worked well on my PC at home. However, I also have to install it
at our office and students pool but unfortunately, our system
administrator told me that he will not allow hacks of this kind. 
He asked me to adapt the installation appropriately instead of 
manipulating the system. 

Please tell me how to adapt the makefile or something else to get
it running. I'm sorry not to be an installation expert; maybe it's
a simple thing to do.

Many thanks in advance
-- 
 Christoph Herrmann
 Postdoctoral Research Associate 
 University of Passau, Germany 
 E-mail:  herrmann at fmi.uni-passau.de
 WWW:     http://brahms.fmi.uni-passau.de/cl/staff/herrmann.html