diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 85b4b952cb..c6ffe6cd15 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -19343,6 +19343,13 @@ fi
 
 
 
+# Some versions of libedit contain strlcpy(), setproctitle(), and other
+# symbols that that library has no business exposing to the world.  Pending
+# acquisition of a clue by those developers, ignore libedit (including its
+# possible alias of libreadline) while checking for everything else.
+LIBS_including_readline="$LIBS"
+LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed -e 's/-ledit//g' -e 's/-lreadline//g'`
+
 
 
 
@@ -20916,11 +20923,6 @@ done
 
 fi
 
-# Some versions of libedit contain strlcpy(); so disregard that library while
-# checking for these standard libc functions.
-pgac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed -e 's/-ledit//g' -e 's/-lreadline//g'`
-
 
 
 
@@ -21173,9 +21175,6 @@ done
 		;;
 esac
 
-
-LIBS="$pgac_save_LIBS"
-
 # System's version of getaddrinfo(), if any, may be used only if we found
 # a definition for struct addrinfo; see notes in src/include/getaddrinfo.h.
 # (Note: the AC_REPLACE_FUNCS probe fails on Windows, where the available
@@ -21718,282 +21717,6 @@ else
 
 fi
 
-if test "$with_readline" = yes; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for rl_completion_append_character" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for rl_completion_append_character... " >&6; }
-if test "${pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character+set}" = set; then
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <stdio.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H
-# include <readline/readline.h>
-#elif defined(HAVE_READLINE_H)
-# include <readline.h>
-#endif
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-rl_completion_append_character = 'x';
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
-$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
-  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
-	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
-	 $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext
-       }; then
-  pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character=yes
-else
-  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-	pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character=no
-fi
-
-rm -rf conftest.dSYM
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
-      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character" >&5
-$as_echo "$pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character" >&6; }
-if test x"$pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character" = x"yes"; then
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_RL_COMPLETION_APPEND_CHARACTER 1
-_ACEOF
-
-fi
-
-
-for ac_func in rl_completion_matches rl_filename_completion_function
-do
-as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_func... " >&6; }
-if { as_var=$as_ac_var; eval "test \"\${$as_var+set}\" = set"; }; then
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-/* Define $ac_func to an innocuous variant, in case <limits.h> declares $ac_func.
-   For example, HP-UX 11i <limits.h> declares gettimeofday.  */
-#define $ac_func innocuous_$ac_func
-
-/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
-    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
-    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
-    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
-
-#ifdef __STDC__
-# include <limits.h>
-#else
-# include <assert.h>
-#endif
-
-#undef $ac_func
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char $ac_func ();
-/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
-    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
-    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
-#if defined __stub_$ac_func || defined __stub___$ac_func
-choke me
-#endif
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-return $ac_func ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
-$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
-  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
-	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
-	 $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext
-       }; then
-  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
-else
-  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-	eval "$as_ac_var=no"
-fi
-
-rm -rf conftest.dSYM
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
-      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-ac_res=`eval 'as_val=${'$as_ac_var'}
-		 $as_echo "$as_val"'`
-	       { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_res" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
-as_val=`eval 'as_val=${'$as_ac_var'}
-		 $as_echo "$as_val"'`
-   if test "x$as_val" = x""yes; then
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
-_ACEOF
-
-fi
-done
-
-
-
-for ac_func in append_history history_truncate_file
-do
-as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_func... " >&6; }
-if { as_var=$as_ac_var; eval "test \"\${$as_var+set}\" = set"; }; then
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-/* Define $ac_func to an innocuous variant, in case <limits.h> declares $ac_func.
-   For example, HP-UX 11i <limits.h> declares gettimeofday.  */
-#define $ac_func innocuous_$ac_func
-
-/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
-    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
-    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
-    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
-
-#ifdef __STDC__
-# include <limits.h>
-#else
-# include <assert.h>
-#endif
-
-#undef $ac_func
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char $ac_func ();
-/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
-    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
-    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
-#if defined __stub_$ac_func || defined __stub___$ac_func
-choke me
-#endif
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-return $ac_func ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
-$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
-  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
-	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
-	 $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext
-       }; then
-  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
-else
-  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-	eval "$as_ac_var=no"
-fi
-
-rm -rf conftest.dSYM
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
-      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-ac_res=`eval 'as_val=${'$as_ac_var'}
-		 $as_echo "$as_val"'`
-	       { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_res" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
-as_val=`eval 'as_val=${'$as_ac_var'}
-		 $as_echo "$as_val"'`
-   if test "x$as_val" = x""yes; then
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
-_ACEOF
-
-fi
-done
-
-fi
-
-
 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for sigsetjmp" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for sigsetjmp... " >&6; }
 if test "${pgac_cv_func_sigsetjmp+set}" = set; then
@@ -22760,6 +22483,284 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
+# Lastly, restore full LIBS list and check for readline/libedit symbols
+LIBS="$LIBS_including_readline"
+
+if test "$with_readline" = yes; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for rl_completion_append_character" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for rl_completion_append_character... " >&6; }
+if test "${pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character+set}" = set; then
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H
+# include <readline/readline.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_READLINE_H)
+# include <readline.h>
+#endif
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+rl_completion_append_character = 'x';
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
+	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
+	 $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext
+       }; then
+  pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character=yes
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character=no
+fi
+
+rm -rf conftest.dSYM
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character" >&5
+$as_echo "$pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character" >&6; }
+if test x"$pgac_cv_var_rl_completion_append_character" = x"yes"; then
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_RL_COMPLETION_APPEND_CHARACTER 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+
+
+for ac_func in rl_completion_matches rl_filename_completion_function
+do
+as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_func... " >&6; }
+if { as_var=$as_ac_var; eval "test \"\${$as_var+set}\" = set"; }; then
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+/* Define $ac_func to an innocuous variant, in case <limits.h> declares $ac_func.
+   For example, HP-UX 11i <limits.h> declares gettimeofday.  */
+#define $ac_func innocuous_$ac_func
+
+/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
+    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
+    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
+    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
+
+#ifdef __STDC__
+# include <limits.h>
+#else
+# include <assert.h>
+#endif
+
+#undef $ac_func
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char $ac_func ();
+/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
+    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
+    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
+#if defined __stub_$ac_func || defined __stub___$ac_func
+choke me
+#endif
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+return $ac_func ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
+	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
+	 $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext
+       }; then
+  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	eval "$as_ac_var=no"
+fi
+
+rm -rf conftest.dSYM
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+ac_res=`eval 'as_val=${'$as_ac_var'}
+		 $as_echo "$as_val"'`
+	       { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_res" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
+as_val=`eval 'as_val=${'$as_ac_var'}
+		 $as_echo "$as_val"'`
+   if test "x$as_val" = x""yes; then
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+done
+
+
+
+for ac_func in append_history history_truncate_file
+do
+as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_func... " >&6; }
+if { as_var=$as_ac_var; eval "test \"\${$as_var+set}\" = set"; }; then
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+/* Define $ac_func to an innocuous variant, in case <limits.h> declares $ac_func.
+   For example, HP-UX 11i <limits.h> declares gettimeofday.  */
+#define $ac_func innocuous_$ac_func
+
+/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
+    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
+    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
+    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
+
+#ifdef __STDC__
+# include <limits.h>
+#else
+# include <assert.h>
+#endif
+
+#undef $ac_func
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char $ac_func ();
+/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
+    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
+    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
+#if defined __stub_$ac_func || defined __stub___$ac_func
+choke me
+#endif
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+return $ac_func ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
+	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
+	 $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext
+       }; then
+  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	eval "$as_ac_var=no"
+fi
+
+rm -rf conftest.dSYM
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+ac_res=`eval 'as_val=${'$as_ac_var'}
+		 $as_echo "$as_val"'`
+	       { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_res" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
+as_val=`eval 'as_val=${'$as_ac_var'}
+		 $as_echo "$as_val"'`
+   if test "x$as_val" = x""yes; then
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+done
+
+fi
+
 
 #
 # Pthreads
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2dee4b392b..fece090eeb 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1202,6 +1202,13 @@ PGAC_VAR_INT_TIMEZONE
 AC_FUNC_ACCEPT_ARGTYPES
 PGAC_FUNC_GETTIMEOFDAY_1ARG
 
+# Some versions of libedit contain strlcpy(), setproctitle(), and other
+# symbols that that library has no business exposing to the world.  Pending
+# acquisition of a clue by those developers, ignore libedit (including its
+# possible alias of libreadline) while checking for everything else.
+LIBS_including_readline="$LIBS"
+LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed -e 's/-ledit//g' -e 's/-lreadline//g'`
+
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([cbrt dlopen fdatasync getifaddrs getpeerucred getrlimit mbstowcs_l memmove poll pstat readlink setproctitle setsid sigprocmask symlink sync_file_range towlower utime utimes wcstombs wcstombs_l])
 
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(fseeko)
@@ -1316,11 +1323,6 @@ else
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS([fpclass fp_class fp_class_d class], [break])
 fi
 
-# Some versions of libedit contain strlcpy(); so disregard that library while
-# checking for these standard libc functions.
-pgac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed -e 's/-ledit//g' -e 's/-lreadline//g'`
-
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([crypt fls getopt getrusage inet_aton random rint srandom strerror strlcat strlcpy])
 
 case $host_os in
@@ -1338,9 +1340,6 @@ case $host_os in
 		;;
 esac
 
-
-LIBS="$pgac_save_LIBS"
-
 # System's version of getaddrinfo(), if any, may be used only if we found
 # a definition for struct addrinfo; see notes in src/include/getaddrinfo.h.
 # (Note: the AC_REPLACE_FUNCS probe fails on Windows, where the available
@@ -1394,13 +1393,6 @@ else
   AC_SUBST(have_win32_dbghelp,no)
 fi
 
-if test "$with_readline" = yes; then
-  PGAC_VAR_RL_COMPLETION_APPEND_CHARACTER
-  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([rl_completion_matches rl_filename_completion_function])
-  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([append_history history_truncate_file])
-fi
-
-
 dnl Cannot use AC_CHECK_FUNC because sigsetjmp may be a macro
 dnl (especially on GNU libc)
 dnl See also comments in c.h.
@@ -1451,6 +1443,15 @@ if test x"$pgac_cv_gcc_int_atomics" = x"yes"; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GCC_INT_ATOMICS, 1, [Define to 1 if you have __sync_lock_test_and_set(int *) and friends.])
 fi
 
+# Lastly, restore full LIBS list and check for readline/libedit symbols
+LIBS="$LIBS_including_readline"
+
+if test "$with_readline" = yes; then
+  PGAC_VAR_RL_COMPLETION_APPEND_CHARACTER
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([rl_completion_matches rl_filename_completion_function])
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([append_history history_truncate_file])
+fi
+
 
 #
 # Pthreads