My workaround has been to use neither readline nor libedit.

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 2:40 PM Romain Geissler <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:

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> Romain Geissler <romain.geissler@amadeus.com> added the comment:
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> Hi,
>
> Yes this bug report is still valid. I just tried compiling Python 3.7.1 on
> linux with libedit installed (https://thrysoee.dk/editline/) but not
> libreadline, and indeed the configure script fails to detect I have it
> installed and falls back on the python readline emulation.
>
> Note: I am using Linux, not Mac OS.
>
> Cheers,
> Romain
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