1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 08dd35c..3747645 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2907,6 +2907,12 @@ if test x$with_system_zlib = xyes ; then
   noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs zlib"
 fi
 
+# Don't compile the bundled readline/libreadline.a if --with-system-readline
+# is provided.
+if test x$with_system_readline = xyes ; then
+  noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs readline"
+fi
+
 # some tools are so dependent upon X11 that if we're not building with X,
 # it's not even worth trying to configure, much less build, that tool.