from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
from distutils.command.install import install
from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib
+from distutils.spawn import find_executable
# Were we compiled --with-pydebug or with #define Py_DEBUG?
COMPILED_WITH_PYDEBUG = hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount')
readline_termcap_library = ""
curses_library = ""
# Determine if readline is already linked against curses or tinfo.
- if do_readline and platform != 'darwin': # OS X does not have ldd.
+ if do_readline and find_executable('ldd'):
fp = os.popen("ldd %s" % do_readline)
for ln in fp:
if 'curses' in ln: