diff --git a/docs/concepts/telltale-detection.md b/docs/concepts/telltale-detection.md
index bb69ac7..b02e5c7 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/telltale-detection.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/telltale-detection.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Each [`ModuleBuilder`](/architecture/module-builder.md) subclass declares `m_tel
 class Openssl(ModuleBuilder):
     m_telltale = "{include}/openssl/ssl.h"
 
+
 class Sqlite(ModuleBuilder):
     m_telltale = ["{include}/sqlite3.h"]
 ```
diff --git a/docs/guides/add-an-external-module.md b/docs/guides/add-an-external-module.md
index 69ae7c2..ac0aa39 100644
--- a/docs/guides/add-an-external-module.md
+++ b/docs/guides/add-an-external-module.md
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ To statically link a new C library into CPython, add a [`ModuleBuilder`](/archit
    class Mylib(ModuleBuilder):
        """See https://docs.python.org/3/library/mymodule.html"""
 
-       m_telltale = "{include}/mylib.h"     # marker if system already has it
-       m_debian = "+libmylib-dev"           # Linux build constraint (see telltale detection)
+       m_telltale = "{include}/mylib.h"  # marker if system already has it
+       m_debian = "+libmylib-dev"  # Linux build constraint (see telltale detection)
 
        @property
        def url(self):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ae8b1c1..7959146 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,9 +82,8 @@ line-length = 140
 src = ["src", "tests"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
-extend-select = [
+select = [
     "A",   # flake8-builtins
-#    "ARG", # flake8-unused-arguments
     "B",   # flake8-bugbear
     "C4",  # flake8-comprehensions
     "C90", # mccabe
@@ -108,13 +107,11 @@ extend-select = [
     "RET", # flake8-return
     "RUF", # ruff-specific
     "S",   # flake8-bandit
-#    "SIM", # flake8-simplify
     "SLF", # flake8-self
     "SLOT", # flake8-slots
     "T10", # flake8-debugger
     "TID", # flake8-tidy-imports
     "TCH", # flake8-type-checking
-#    "TD", # flake8-todos
     "TRY", # tryceratops
     "W",   # pycodestyle warnings
 ]
diff --git a/scripts/check_okf.py b/scripts/check_okf.py
index b889b87..8de9daa 100755
--- a/scripts/check_okf.py
+++ b/scripts/check_okf.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 # Matches markdown links ending in .md, with an optional #anchor (external http(s)/mailto links are skipped below)
 LINK_RE = re.compile(r"\]\((?P<target>[^)\s#]+\.md)(?:#[^)]*)?\)")
-TYPE_RE = re.compile(r"^type:\s*(?P<type>\S.*)$", re.M)
+TYPE_RE = re.compile(r"^type:\s*(?P<type>\S.*)$", re.MULTILINE)
 
 
 def frontmatter(text):
diff --git a/src/portable_python/__init__.py b/src/portable_python/__init__.py
index e4b5439..89eb30a 100644
--- a/src/portable_python/__init__.py
+++ b/src/portable_python/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import pathlib
 import re
 from string import Template
-from typing import ClassVar, List
+from typing import ClassVar
 
 import runez
 from runez.http import RestClient
@@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ def compile(self):
 class ModuleCollection:
     """Models a collection of sub-modules, with auto-detection and reporting as to what is active and why"""
 
-    candidates: List["ModuleBuilder"] = None
+    candidates: list["ModuleBuilder"] = None
     desired: str = None
-    selected: List["ModuleBuilder"] = None
+    selected: list["ModuleBuilder"] = None
 
     def __init__(self, parent_module: "ModuleBuilder", desired=None):
         self.selected = []
diff --git a/src/portable_python/cpython.py b/src/portable_python/cpython.py
index d6a83f6..e1e2057 100644
--- a/src/portable_python/cpython.py
+++ b/src/portable_python/cpython.py
@@ -199,6 +199,21 @@ def xenv_LIBMPDEC_LIBS(self):
         if self.version >= "3.14" and PPG.target.is_macos:
             yield f"{self.deps_lib_dir}/libmpdec.a"
 
+    def xenv_LIBREADLINE_LIBS(self):
+        if self.version >= "3.12" and self.active_module(Readline):
+            # Since 3.12 (gh-90005), ./configure asks pkg-config how to link the readline module,
+            # and no longer probes for the termcap library that readline needs. It states:
+            # "We now assume that libreadline or readline.pc provide correct linker information".
+            # Our readline is static, and its readline.pc mentions ncurses in 'Requires.private',
+            # which `pkg-config --libs` does not report (only `--libs --static` does). readline
+            # then gets linked without ncurses: it compiles, but fails to import at the end of
+            # the build with "undefined symbol: UP". So state the full static link line ourselves
+            # (same as `pkg-config --static --libs readline`), ./configure honors <LIB>_LIBS for
+            # exactly this purpose (gh-94801).
+            yield f"-L{self.deps_lib_dir}"
+            yield "-lreadline"
+            yield "-lncursesw"
+
     @runez.cached_property
     def prefix_lib_folder(self):
         """Path to <prefix>/lib/pythonM.m folder"""
diff --git a/src/portable_python/inspector.py b/src/portable_python/inspector.py
index ca926a7..55b52b7 100644
--- a/src/portable_python/inspector.py
+++ b/src/portable_python/inspector.py
@@ -233,8 +233,7 @@ def short_name(self):
 
         short_name = self.basename
         if not short_name.startswith("libpython"):
-            if short_name.startswith("lib"):
-                short_name = short_name[3:]
+            short_name = short_name.removeprefix("lib")
 
             short_name = short_name.partition(".")[0]