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[Liaw, Andy]

> From: Lars Schouw
> 
> Can anyone explain what this means the NEWS for for
> 2.1 beta?
> 
> R is now linked against ncurses/termlib/termcap only
> if
> readline is specified (now the default) and that
> requires it.
> 
> I get an error while running configure:
> checking for history_truncate_file... no
> configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and
> headers/libs are not available

It means what it says: configure will try to find 
ncurses/termcap/readline (and their headers) unless
you explicitly say --with-readline=no.

Andy
 
> Regards
> Lars Schouw
> 
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