diff -urN gdb-6.3.50.20050915/readline/configure gdb-6.3.50.20050915-patched/readline/configure
--- gdb-6.3.50.20050915/readline/configure	2005-07-03 03:22:47.000000000 -0500
+++ gdb-6.3.50.20050915-patched/readline/configure	2005-09-15 22:25:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -6723,7 +6723,12 @@
 
 
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for mbstate_t" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "bash_cv_have_mbstate_t=$bash_cv_have_mbstate_t" >&6
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for mbstate_t... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${bash_cv_have_mbstate_t+set}" != set; then
+  bash_cv_have_mbstate_t=yes
+  echo $ECHO_N "WARNING!! forcing to yes!!! $ECHO_C" >&6
+fi
 if test "${bash_cv_have_mbstate_t+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else