upgrade error: "/usr/bin/libtool: internal link edit command failed "

[Joseph C. Slater]

On Oct 8, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Oct 8, 2006, at 11:26, Joseph C. Slater wrote:
>
>> ld: Undefined symbols:
>> _rl_completion_matches
>> _rl_filename_completion_function
>> _rl_username_completion_function
>
> Sounds like a readline problem. Do you have another copy of  
> readline in /usr/local installed by some other process, or by you?  
> Move it out of the way, then upgrade MacPorts, then put it back, if  
> you need it, or get rid of it altogether if you don't because it's  
> only going to cause problems again down the line.

Stefani Gerber pointed me to the same solution elsewhere and it  
worked. I don't understand where the other version of readline is/was  
from, but then again, I have no idea what it is (don't access it  
directly, do have a minimal idea), so it's all magic to me. Thanks  
for the fix/s,
Joe