Well I run the configure script with '--with-readline-dir=/usr/local' and I get: configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-readline-dir --and I get this with whatever I specify as the directory (which I think is because there is no such option in the configure script). I have tried with every 1.9.x distro. Takao Kouji wrote: > Hello, > > On 2009/01/11, at 8:56, Mark Fraser wrote: >> I am trying to build Ruby 1.9 on Mac OSX x86 Tiger. This first requires >> an update to readline. > (snip) >> The option --with-readline-dir=/usr/local sprinkled all over the web >> does nothing as there is no such option in the configure script >> (specifically it leads to an unrecognized option warning). I have tried >> 3 of the different 1.9.x releases all with the same result. > > I am current readline mainteinar. > I run the configure script with '--with-readline-dir=/sw'. > '/sw' is the Fink's readline installed directory. > > My readline.bundle is linked /sw/lib/libreadline.4.dylib. > > ragdoll$ otool -L > ~/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/i386-darwin9.5.0/readline.bundle > /Users/kouji/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/i386-darwin9.5.0/readline.bundle: > /sw/lib/libreadline.4.dylib (compatibility version 4.2.0, > current version 4.3.0) > /sw/lib/ncurses/libncurses.5.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, > current version 5.0.0) > /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current > version 111.1.1) > /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current > version 227.0.0) > /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current > version 1.0.0) > > Thanks. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.