[Samba] SOLVED: readline/termcap problems compiling Samba 3.5.0rc1 on CentOS 5.4 64-bit

[John Drescher]

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Joe Ammann <joe at pyx.ch> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Friday 22 January 2010 01:21:46 Joe Ammann wrote:
>> When I try to compile  3.5.0rc1 on CentOS 5.4, I get the seemingly well
>> know problem below
>>
>> Linking bin/smbclient
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64/libreadline.so:
>> undefined reference to `tgetnum'
>
> I was finally able to solve my problem. The reason was the combination of 2
> facts:
>
> - CentOS readline library does not declate dependency on curses/termcap
> - Samba compile uses the -Wl,--ad-needed link flag
>

BTW, rc2 is now out.

John