Index: trunk/FACT++/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- trunk/FACT++/configure.ac	(revision 10558)
+++ trunk/FACT++/configure.ac	(revision 10559)
@@ -71,20 +71,10 @@
 AC_CHECK_READLINE
 
+if test "x$have_readline" != "xyes"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([The readline library is not properly installed.])
+fi
+
 CPPFLAGS+=" "$READLINE_INCLUDES" "
 LDFLAGS+=" "$READLINE_LIBS" "
-
-#AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline, [], 
-#   [
-#      echo "Error! libreadline not found in default libarary paths." 
-#      exit -1
-#   ]
-#)
-#AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline/readline.h, [], 
-#   [
-#      echo "Error! readline/readline.h not properly installed in default include path (maybe readline-dev missing)." 
-#      exit -1
-#   ]
-#)
-#
 
 # Needed to compile FACT++