Thanks, but I already figured it out. I don't know why the distributed configure script works for you but not for me, though. I ended up editing the configure script (patch at the end of this message). Then I had to set `LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib` in the environment before running
```
../configure --prefix=/some-irrelevant-path --disable-editline --enable-readline --disable-tcl
make install
```
(disabling tcl because otherwise, it tries to install some tcl stuff in `/opt/local`). One problem that I encountered along the way is the system provided `/usr/lib/libreadline.dylib`, which is a symlink to `libedit.3.dylib`.
Now the shell works as it should.
But *editing the configure script*? I feel dirty. Someday, maybe I'll learn enough about autoconf to diagnose the problem better. But that day is not today.
```
--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -8691,12 +8691,12 @@
soname_spec='${libname}${release}${major}$shared_ext'
shlibpath_overrides_runpath=yes
shlibpath_var=DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
shrext_cmds='`test .$module = .yes && echo .so || echo .dylib`'
- sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/local/lib"
- sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec='/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib'
+ sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /opt/local/lib"
+ sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec='/opt/local/lib /lib /usr/lib'
;;
dgux*)
version_type=linux
need_lib_prefix=no
@@ -11128,11 +11128,11 @@
found="yes"
else
found="no"
if test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then
- for dir in /usr /usr/local /usr/local/readline /usr/contrib /mingw; do
+ for dir in /usr /opt/local /opt/local/readline /usr/contrib /mingw; do
for subdir in include include/readline; do
as_ac_File=`$as_echo "ac_cv_file_$dir/$subdir/readline.h" | $as_tr_sh`
{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $dir/$subdir/readline.h" >&5
$as_echo_n "checking for $dir/$subdir/readline.h... " >&6; }
if eval \${$as_ac_File+:} false; then :
```