This patch is to make sure that `libncurses' is among the `NEEDED' dependencies of `libreadline.so' and `libhistory.so'. Failing to do that, applications linking against Readline are forced to explicitly link against libncurses as well; in addition, this trick doesn't work when using GNU ld's `--as-needed'. --- shlib/Makefile.in 2009-01-06 18:03:22.000000000 +0100 +++ shlib/Makefile.in 2009-07-27 14:43:25.000000000 +0200 @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ SHOBJ_LDFLAGS = @SHOBJ_LDFLAGS@ SHOBJ_XLDFLAGS = @SHOBJ_XLDFLAGS@ SHOBJ_LIBS = @SHOBJ_LIBS@ -SHLIB_XLDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @SHLIB_XLDFLAGS@ +SHLIB_XLDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @SHLIB_XLDFLAGS@ -lncurses SHLIB_LIBS = @SHLIB_LIBS@ SHLIB_DOT = @SHLIB_DOT@