Help with python shell

[cbmeeks]

On Jan 16, 1:33 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
> cbmeeks schrieb:
>
> > I just upgraded my Python install up to version 2.5.1 (from 2.4.x)
> > using source code and compiling.
>
> > Everything went fine until I enter the command line mode and press any
> > arrow keys.
>
> > When I press UP arrow, I was getting my previous command as always but
> > now I get:   ^[[A
>
> > What can I do to fix this??
>
> Compiling with readline support? I guess that's missing.
>
> Diez

I tried ./configure --enable-readline   but that didn't do the trick.
ARG!!  This is annoying.