cvs-head compile question

[Simon Marlow]

jur wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> when I compile the head I get this message
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: Undefined symbols:
> _ding
> _free_undo_list
> _rl_add_undo
> _rl_basic_quote_characters
> _rl_begin_undo_group
> _rl_bind_key_in_map
> _rl_binding_keymap
> _rl_char_is_quoted_p
> _rl_clear_message
> _rl_clear_signals
> _rl_complete_internal
> _rl_copy_keymap
> _rl_copy_text
> _rl_delete_text
> _rl_directory_completion_hook
> _rl_discard_keymap
> _rl_do_undo
> _rl_end_undo_group
> _rl_executing_keymap
> _rl_filename_dequoting_function
> _rl_filename_quote_characters
> _rl_filename_quoting_desired
> _rl_filename_quoting_function
> _rl_forced_update_display
> _rl_function_dumper
> _rl_function_of_keyseq
> _rl_generic_bind
> _rl_get_keymap
> _rl_get_keymap_by_name
> _rl_get_keymap_name
> _rl_ignore_some_completions_function
> _rl_insert_completions
> _rl_insert_text
> _rl_kill_text
> _rl_list_funmap_names
> _rl_make_bare_keymap
> _rl_make_keymap
> _rl_mark
> _rl_modifying
> _rl_named_function
> _rl_on_new_line
> _rl_pending_input
> _rl_possible_completions
> _rl_reset_line_state
> _rl_set_keymap
> _rl_set_signals
> _rl_unbind_command_in_map
> _rl_unbind_key
> _rl_unbind_key_in_map
> _rl_message
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> <<ghc: 32089144 bytes, 4 GCs, 95456/95456 avg/max bytes residency (1  
> samples), 16M in use, 0.03 INIT (0.00 elapsed), 0.51 MUT (33.23  
> elapsed), 0.07 GC (0.26 elapsed) :ghc>>
> make[2]: *** [stage2/ghc-6.5] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [stage2] Error 2
> make: *** [bootstrap2] Error 2
> 
> 
> So what am I missing. Is it GTK+2? Do I really need it? Is there some  
> way to compile
> the compiler without needing to bother with this?

Sounds like you are missing the readline libraries, or you have a 
different version of readline.  You should have readline 4, preferably.

Cheers,
	Simon