Tom,
> >> configure:5800: checking for readline
> >> configure:5837: gcc -o conftest -O2 -L/usr/lib
> >> conftest.c -lreadline -lcrypt -lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lbsd >&5
> >> /usr/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetnum'
>
> Hm, you sure this is 7.2.3's configure? The line numbers seem way
> off.
It's not. I was quoting another e-mail that seemed to report the same
problem. The machine I'm compiling on does not have a GUI and there
was no easy way to paste its config.log into an e-mail. Sorry to
confuse you!
-Josh Berkus