Seems that this pkg does not check its dependcies very closely before 
attempting a build.

checking for C99 variadic macros... yes
checking for C99 variable arrays... yes
checking for gzgets in -lz... yes
checking zlib.h usability... yes
checking zlib.h presence... yes
checking for zlib.h... yes
checking for gethostbyaddr in -lbind... no
checking readline/readline.h usability... yes
checking readline/readline.h presence... yes
checking for readline/readline.h... yes
checking for completion_matches in -lreadline... no
checking for rl_completion_matches in -lreadline... no
checking for tgetent in -ltinfo... no
checking for tgetent in -ltermlib... yes
checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... yes
checking for tgetent in -lcurses... yes
checking for tgetent in -lncurses... no
checking for filename_completion_function in -lreadline... no
checking for rl_filename_completion_function in -lreadline... no
configure: error: Specified --with-readline but the
test to link against the library failed.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/games/freeciv-server
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/games/freeciv-server
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/games/freeciv-server





Robin-David Hammond     KB3IEN
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