link readline directly to ncurses since it needs symbols from it upstream readline does this on purpose (no direct linking), but it doesn't make much sense in a Linux world --- a/support/shobj-conf +++ b/support/shobj-conf @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ SHOBJ_LIBS= SHLIB_XLDFLAGS= -SHLIB_LIBS= +SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses SHLIB_DOT='.' SHLIB_LIBPREF='lib'