AX_LIB_READLINE picks up base readline which is too old. Force it to use readline from ports. Index: configure.ac --- configure.ac.orig +++ configure.ac @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ AX_DEBUG_CFLAGS AX_WITH_CURSES AX_WITH_CURSES_PANEL -AX_LIB_READLINE +AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBREADLINE, 1, []) +AC_DEFINE(HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H, 1, []) AX_LIB_POSTGRESQL([],[], AC_MSG_NOTICE([PostgreSQL library not found])) case "$ax_cv_ncurses" in "no")