On tis, 2010-12-28 at 18:30 -0500, Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> What is the difference between this and how libreadline or zlib are checked
> by configure? I am referring to the configure error that pronpts us to use
> --without-readline.
Sure, it's inconsistent. It's just a matter of how much code you want
to maintain.
Since readline and zlib are on by default, user complaints in those
areas were much more frequent.