diff -u Python-2.4.1/configure Python-2.4.1.new/configure
--- Python-2.4.1/configure	2005-03-29 00:23:02.000000000 +0100
+++ Python-2.4.1.new/configure	2005-04-26 14:14:49.373258580 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.475.2.7 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.475.2.8 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.4.
 #
@@ -19306,6 +19306,217 @@
 
 fi
 
+# what library does readline need to be linked with
+READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD=""
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for tgetent in -lncurses" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for tgetent in -lncurses... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_ncurses_tgetent+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lncurses  $LIBS"
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char tgetent ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+tgetent ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  ac_cv_lib_ncurses_tgetent=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+ac_cv_lib_ncurses_tgetent=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_ncurses_tgetent" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_ncurses_tgetent" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_ncurses_tgetent = yes; then
+  READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD="-lncurses"
+else
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for tgetent in -lcurses" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for tgetent in -lcurses... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_curses_tgetent+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lcurses  $LIBS"
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char tgetent ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+tgetent ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  ac_cv_lib_curses_tgetent=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+ac_cv_lib_curses_tgetent=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_curses_tgetent" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_curses_tgetent" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_curses_tgetent = yes; then
+  READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD="-lcurses"
+else
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for tgetent in -ltermcap" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_termcap_tgetent+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-ltermcap  $LIBS"
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char tgetent ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+tgetent ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  ac_cv_lib_termcap_tgetent=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+ac_cv_lib_termcap_tgetent=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_termcap_tgetent" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_termcap_tgetent" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_termcap_tgetent = yes; then
+  READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD="-ltermcap"
+fi
+
+
+fi
+
+
+fi
+
+
 # check for readline 2.1
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for rl_callback_handler_install in -lreadline" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for rl_callback_handler_install in -lreadline... $ECHO_C" >&6
@@ -19313,7 +19524,7 @@
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lreadline -ltermcap $LIBS"
+LIBS="-lreadline $READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
@@ -19445,7 +19656,7 @@
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lreadline -ltermcap $LIBS"
+LIBS="-lreadline $READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
@@ -19519,7 +19730,7 @@
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lreadline -ltermcap $LIBS"
+LIBS="-lreadline $READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
diff -u Python-2.4.1/configure.in Python-2.4.1.new/configure.in
--- Python-2.4.1/configure.in	2005-03-29 00:23:34.000000000 +0100
+++ Python-2.4.1.new/configure.in	2005-04-26 14:01:03.721206572 +0100
@@ -2846,10 +2846,18 @@
   [Define this if you have flockfile(), getc_unlocked(), and funlockfile()])
 fi
 
+# what library does readline need to be linked with
+READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD=""
+AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, [READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD="-lncurses"],
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, [READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD="-lcurses"],
+       AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, tgetent, [READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD="-ltermcap"])
+       )
+    )
+
 # check for readline 2.1
 AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, rl_callback_handler_install,
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RL_CALLBACK, 1,
-        [Define if you have readline 2.1]), , -ltermcap)
+        [Define if you have readline 2.1]), , $READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD)
 
 # check for readline 2.2
 AC_TRY_CPP([#include <readline/readline.h>],
@@ -2865,12 +2873,12 @@
 # check for readline 4.0
 AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, rl_pre_input_hook,
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RL_PRE_INPUT_HOOK, 1,
-        [Define if you have readline 4.0]), , -ltermcap)
+        [Define if you have readline 4.0]), , $READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD)
 
 # check for readline 4.2
 AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, rl_completion_matches,
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RL_COMPLETION_MATCHES, 1,
-        [Define if you have readline 4.2]), , -ltermcap)
+        [Define if you have readline 4.2]), , $READLINE_SHARED_LIBADD)
 
 # also in readline 4.2
 AC_TRY_CPP([#include <readline/readline.h>],