Unable to build readline 8

[shawn-g-hu]

While following the instructions in the main README, I run into the following errors:

test -n "ranlib" && ranlib libtilde.a
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/shawnghu/athame/bash-4.4_tmp/lib/tilde'
rm -f bash
gcc -L./builtins -Wl,-rpath,/home/shawnghu/athame/test/build/lib/ -L/home/shawnghu/athame/test/build/lib -L./lib/glob -L./lib/tilde  -L./lib/sh  -rdynamic  -g -O2 -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security -o bash shell.o eval.o y.tab.o general.o make_cmd.o print_cmd.o  dispose_cmd.o execute_cmd.o variables.o copy_cmd.o error.o expr.o flags.o jobs.o subst.o hashcmd.o hashlib.o mailcheck.o trap.o input.o unwind_prot.o pathexp.o sig.o test.o version.o alias.o array.o arrayfunc.o assoc.o braces.o bracecomp.o bashhist.o bashline.o  list.o stringlib.o locale.o findcmd.o redir.o pcomplete.o pcomplib.o syntax.o xmalloc.o 
-lbuiltins -lglob -lsh -lreadline -lhistory -ltermcap -ltilde    -lutil -ldl
./lib/sh/libsh.a(tmpfile.o): In function `sh_mktmpname':
/home/shawnghu/athame/bash-4.4_tmp/lib/sh/tmpfile.c:152: warning: the use of `mktemp' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp' or `mkdtemp'                                                                        
bashhist.o: In function `load_history':
/home/shawnghu/athame/bash-4.4_tmp/bashhist.c:324: undefined reference to `history_lines_read_from_file'                                                                                                     
bashhist.o: In function `maybe_save_shell_history':
/home/shawnghu/athame/bash-4.4_tmp/bashhist.c:474: undefined reference to `history_lines_written_to_file'                                                                                                    
bashline.o: In function `bash_execute_unix_command':
/home/shawnghu/athame/bash-4.4_tmp/bashline.c:4105: undefined reference to `rl_clear_visible_line'
/home/shawnghu/athame/bash-4.4_tmp/bashline.c:4153: undefined reference to `rl_redraw_prompt_last_line'                                                                                                      
./builtins/libbuiltins.a(history.o): In function `history_builtin':
/home/shawnghu/athame/bash-4.4_tmp/builtins/./history.def:227: undefined reference to `history_lines_read_from_file'                                                                                         
/home/shawnghu/athame/bash-4.4_tmp/builtins/./history.def:214: undefined reference to `history_lines_read_from_file'                                                                                         
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:572: recipe for target 'bash' failed
make: *** [bash] Error 1

Make failed: Are you sure you have readline 8 installed? readline_athame_setup.sh installs readline 8 patched with athame. You may want to run it first.                                                     
This may also fail if you have a versionless libreadline.so symlinked to libreadline.so.7

I also find that I get the following error before any of the output about patching:

make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/doc'
( cd examples ; make DESTDIR=/home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build install )
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/examples'
/bin/sh ../support/mkdirs /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/usr/share/readline
mkdir /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/usr/share/readline
/usr/bin/install: cannot stat './rltest2.c': No such file or directory
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/examples'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/readline.pc /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/readline.pc
rm -f /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/athame_readline/vimbed.vim && rm -f -r /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/athame_readli
ne
cp -r ./vimbed/plugin /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/athame_readline
mv /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.a /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.old
mv: cannot stat '/home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.a': No such file or directory
Makefile:261: recipe for target 'install-static' failed
make: [install-static] Error 1 (ignored)
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libreadline.a /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.a
test -n "ranlib" && ranlib /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.a
mv /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhistory.a /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhistory.old
mv: cannot stat '/home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhistory.a': No such file or directory
Makefile:261: recipe for target 'install-static' failed
make: [install-static] Error 1 (ignored)
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libhistory.a /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhistory.a
test -n "ranlib" && ranlib /home/shawnghu/athame/readline-8.0_tmp/../test/build/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhistory.a
test -d shlib || mkdir shlib
( cd shlib ; make all )

It seems to me that there's some problem configuring headers at some point, but I can't figure out where this issue should be solved. Thanks for any help you can provide.