libtool doesn't like me..

[Daniel Burrows <dburrows@brown.edu>]

  While compiling rep (to compile sawfish), I got a complaint from libtool:

** Error: readline.la has no associated shared library;
** You may be missing a shared library from:  readline ncurses

  Are there any libtool gurus who know what could be causing this?  readline.la
reads:

# readline.la - a libtool library file
# Generated by ltmain.sh - GNU libtool 1.3.5 (1.385.2.206 2000/05/27 11:12:27)
#
# Please DO NOT delete this file!
# It is necessary for linking the library.

# The name that we can dlopen(3).
dlname=''

# Names of this library.
library_names=''

# The name of the static archive.
old_library='readline.a'

# Libraries that this one depends upon.
dependency_libs=' -lreadline -lncurses'

# Version information for readline.
current=0
age=0
revision=0

# Is this an already installed library?
installed=no

# Directory that this library needs to be installed in:
libdir='/usr/lib/rep/i386-pc-gnu'

  I also see lots of complaints about dlopened modules whenever I compile
a libtooled program/library; should I be worried about this?

  Daniel
  
  PS - my system is reinstalled now.  I uploaded libgmp3 and jade, but not
aptitude..I'd like to get a newer apt installed first, and it doesn't build
straightforwardly..I need to work out what's going on.

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