Trying to compile Postgres 8.3.6 and configure fails with readline lib
missing, I have readline installed , please see all info bellow,
OS: Linux RHES x-64 bits installation.
postgresql-8.3.6$ locate readline
/usr/lib/libreadline.so.5
/usr/lib/libreadline.so.5.1
/usr/lib64/libreadline.so.5
/usr/lib64/libreadline.so.5.1
/usr/lib64/python2.4/lib-dynload/readline.so
/usr/share/info/readline.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/readline.3.gz
/usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard/initrd_template/lib/libreadline.so.5
/usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard/initrd_template/lib/bittorrent/readline.so
/usr/share/vim/vim70/ftplugin/readline.vim
/usr/share/vim/vim70/indent/readline.vim
/usr/share/vim/vim70/syntax/readline.vim
postgresql-8.3.6$ ./configure --prefix /var/lib/postgres8_3_6/
--with-libraries=/usr/lib64/libreadline.so.5.1:/usr/lib/libreadline.so.5:/usr/share/:/usr/src/
--with-includes=/usr/lib64/:/usr/lib/:/usr/share/:/usr/src/
--enable-debug
checking for main in -lm... yes
checking for library containing setproctitle... no
checking for library containing dlopen... -ldl
checking for library containing socket... none required
checking for library containing shl_load... no
checking for library containing getopt_long... none required
checking for library containing crypt... -lcrypt
checking for library containing fdatasync... none required
checking for library containing shmget... none required
checking for -lreadline... no
checking for -ledit... no
configure: error: readline library not found
If you have readline already installed, see config.log for details on the
failure. It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper directory.
Use --without-readline to disable readline support.