--- code/trunk/cmake/FindReadline.cmake	2008/04/21 16:30:37	343
+++ code/trunk/cmake/FindReadline.cmake	2008/04/22 09:16:15	344
@@ -9,11 +9,21 @@
   FIND_PATH(READLINE_INCLUDE_DIR readline/readline.h
     /usr/include/readline
   )
+  
+# 2008-04-22 The next clause used to read like this:
+#
+#  FIND_LIBRARY(READLINE_LIBRARY NAMES readline)
+#        FIND_LIBRARY(NCURSES_LIBRARY NAMES ncurses )
+#        include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+#        FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(Readline DEFAULT_MSG NCURSES_LIBRARY READLINE_INCLUDE_DIR READLINE_LIBRARY )
+#
+# I was advised to modify it such that it will find an ncurses library if
+# required, but not if one was explicitly given, that is, it allows the
+# default to be overridden. PH 
 
   FIND_LIBRARY(READLINE_LIBRARY NAMES readline)
-        FIND_LIBRARY(NCURSES_LIBRARY NAMES ncurses )
         include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-        FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(Readline DEFAULT_MSG NCURSES_LIBRARY READLINE_INCLUDE_DIR READLINE_LIBRARY )
+        FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(Readline DEFAULT_MSG READLINE_INCLUDE_DIR READLINE_LIBRARY )
 
   MARK_AS_ADVANCED(READLINE_INCLUDE_DIR READLINE_LIBRARY)
 endif(READLINE_INCLUDE_DIR AND READLINE_LIBRARY AND NCURSES_LIBRARY)