Buid backports-20130528 on ArchLinux: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltinfo

Buid backports-20130528 on ArchLinux: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltinfo

[Anh K. Huynh]

Hello,

I'm building the `backports-20130528` on ArchLinux (kernel = 3.2.46).
I see the error as in http://pastie.org/7996763 .

I don't have any problem when building the new Linux kernel. When I
remove the `tinfo` support from the file `kconf/Makefile` I can run 
`make menuconfig` perfectly.

Is the `tinfo` library really needed to run `make menuconfig` when
building backports drivers?

Thank you for your helps,

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Re: Buid backports-20130528 on ArchLinux: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltinfo

[Johannes Berg]

On Sun, 2013-06-02 at 22:09 +0700, Anh K. Huynh wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm building the `backports-20130528` on ArchLinux (kernel = 3.2.46).
> I see the error as in http://pastie.org/7996763 .
> 
> I don't have any problem when building the new Linux kernel. When I
> remove the `tinfo` support from the file `kconf/Makefile` I can run 
> `make menuconfig` perfectly.
> 
> Is the `tinfo` library really needed to run `make menuconfig` when
> building backports drivers?

It was needed on some distros, and not on others. This is probably the
best option?

diff --git a/backport/kconf/Makefile b/backport/kconf/Makefile
index ff5c270..dfd793a 100644
--- a/backport/kconf/Makefile
+++ b/backport/kconf/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CFLAGS=-Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
 LXDIALOG := lxdialog/checklist.o lxdialog/inputbox.o lxdialog/menubox.o lxdialog/textbox.o lxdialog/util.o lxdialog/yesno.o
 
 conf: conf.o zconf.tab.o
-mconf: LDFLAGS = -Wl,--no-as-needed -lncurses -ltinfo
+mconf: LDFLAGS = -Wl,--no-as-needed $(shell ./lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh -ldflags $(CC))
 mconf: CFLAGS += -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE
 mconf: mconf.o zconf.tab.o $(LXDIALOG)
 

johannes

Re: Buid backports-20130528 on ArchLinux: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltinfo

[Anh K. Huynh]

On Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:41:39 +0200
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:

> ...
> > Is the `tinfo` library really needed to run `make menuconfig` when
> > building backports drivers?
> 
> It was needed on some distros, and not on others. This is probably the
> best option?
> 
> diff --git a/backport/kconf/Makefile b/backport/kconf/Makefile
> ...

Thank you for the explanation. The patch is a very good option.

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