Previously, disabling readline involved uninstalling the development library, or else configuring with: ac_cv_lib_readline_readline=no ac_cv_search_tgetent=no ac_cv_lib_readline_rl_initialize=no With this series, it is much easier to test that virsh still works without readline support, merely using ./configuire --without-readline. Eric Blake (2): build: move readline check into its own macro build: add configure --without-readline configure.ac | 43 +++---------------------------------------- m4/virt-readline.m4 | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/virsh.c | 12 ++++++------ 3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) create mode 100644 m4/virt-readline.m4 -- 1.8.3.1 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list