Trying to compile gawk with a custom readline...
Compile my readline lib... good...
Configure gawk with --use-readline=/my/custom/readline
gawk: readline blah blah unknown symbol :UP
Moving readline around per other forums is not a solution...
Literally the configure script for gawk depends upon gawk already existing...
Dudes...
Defining $AWK is not a solution... as gawk/awk do not yet exist....
Have looked to see how embedded linux distributions get around this and perhaps I have failed in my search so far.... but it appears most of 'em cross compile from a system that already has gawk... which is NOT my solution...
If you are wondering why this might be such a pain for me... then I can only say that some institutions want to compile their own with tools they compiled on their own... and requiring a tool to exist in order to compile said tool is not a solution...
Any help that can be given will be graciously acknowledged.