AC_SUBST(XML2_CFLAGS)
AC_SUBST(XML2_LIBS)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline,,-lncurses)
+# this doesn't seem to work on older autoconf
+# AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline,,)
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(readline, [ --enable-readline use readline library],,
+ enable_readline="yes")
+
+if test "$enable_readline" = "yes" ; then
+ LIBREADLINE="-lreadline -lncurses"
+ HAVE_LIBREADLINE="-DHAVE_LIBREADLINE=1"
+else
+ LIBREADLINE=""
+ HAVE_LIBREADLINE=""
+fi
+AC_SUBST(LIBREADLINE)
+AC_SUBST(HAVE_LIBREADLINE)
# Kernel build environment.
ac_default_prefix=