[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] New: ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] New: ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=3685

           Summary: ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic
           Product: buildroot
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: unassigned at buildroot.uclibc.org
        ReportedBy: patrickdepinguin+buildroot at gmail.com
                CC: buildroot at uclibc.org
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


Created attachment 3271
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[PATCH 1 of 2] GENTARGETS: Allow disabling host package installation

During installation of ncurses, the 'tic' program from the host is used. In
some cases, this version of tic is too old for the data to be processed, and
the installation hangs indefinitely (already reported in July 2010 [1] and
later in April 2011 [2]).

Attached to this bug report are two patches that fix the problem (one patch is
just a prerequisite for the other).

[1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-July/036100.html
[2] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2011-April/042763.html

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[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

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--- Comment #1 from Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot@gmail.com>  ---
Created attachment 3277
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[PATCH 2 of 2] ncurses: fix hanging installation due to old version of tic

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[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

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Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot@gmail.com> changed:

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[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

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Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot@gmail.com> changed:

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           Platform|PC                          |Other

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[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

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--- Comment #2 from Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot@gmail.com>  ---
Any specific reason why this has not been included in buildroot yet?

Thanks, 
Thomas

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[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

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Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED

--- Comment #3 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>  ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> Any specific reason why this has not been included in buildroot yet?
> 
> Thanks, 
> Thomas

No, I just haven't looked at it / forgotten about it / not been able to
reproduce it locally. Will take a look at it tonight.

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[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

[Mike Williams]

All,

> --- Comment #3 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> ?---
> (In reply to comment #2)
>> Any specific reason why this has not been included in buildroot yet?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thomas
>
> No, I just haven't looked at it / forgotten about it / not been able to
> reproduce it locally. Will take a look at it tonight.

I also had this problem. It appears to be caused by the old version
present on RHEL 5.4, which is what I'm using in our corporate
environment. If I had to guess, it would be because the tic being
called is the one on the host system, not the one built by buildroot.

Mike

[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

[Thomas De Schampheleire]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Mike Williams <mike@mikebwilliams.com> wrote:
> All,
>
>> --- Comment #3 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> ?---
>> (In reply to comment #2)
>>> Any specific reason why this has not been included in buildroot yet?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Thomas
>>
>> No, I just haven't looked at it / forgotten about it / not been able to
>> reproduce it locally. Will take a look at it tonight.
>
> I also had this problem. It appears to be caused by the old version
> present on RHEL 5.4, which is what I'm using in our corporate
> environment. If I had to guess, it would be because the tic being
> called is the one on the host system, not the one built by buildroot.

Correct. The patch I proposed avoids that by compiling a host version
of tic in buildroot. This one is later used during the installation of
the target ncurses.

Thomas

[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

[Quotient Remainder]

On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 15:59 +0200, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Mike Williams <mike@mikebwilliams.com> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> >> --- Comment #3 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>  ---
> >> (In reply to comment #2)
> >>> Any specific reason why this has not been included in buildroot yet?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Thomas
> >>
> >> No, I just haven't looked at it / forgotten about it / not been able to
> >> reproduce it locally. Will take a look at it tonight.
> >
> > I also had this problem. It appears to be caused by the old version
> > present on RHEL 5.4, which is what I'm using in our corporate
> > environment. If I had to guess, it would be because the tic being
> > called is the one on the host system, not the one built by buildroot.
> 
> Correct. The patch I proposed avoids that by compiling a host version
> of tic in buildroot. This one is later used during the installation of
> the target ncurses.
> 

I also came across this problem a year ago: 
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-July/036100.html
and later proposed a patch:
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-December/039670.html

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[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

[Quotient Remainder]

On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 15:59 +0200, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Mike Williams <mike@mikebwilliams.com> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> >> --- Comment #3 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>  ---
> >> (In reply to comment #2)
> >>> Any specific reason why this has not been included in buildroot yet?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Thomas
> >>
> >> No, I just haven't looked at it / forgotten about it / not been able to
> >> reproduce it locally. Will take a look at it tonight.
> >
> > I also had this problem. It appears to be caused by the old version
> > present on RHEL 5.4, which is what I'm using in our corporate
> > environment. If I had to guess, it would be because the tic being
> > called is the one on the host system, not the one built by buildroot.
> 
> Correct. The patch I proposed avoids that by compiling a host version
> of tic in buildroot. This one is later used during the installation of
> the target ncurses.
> 
I also came across this problem a year ago: 
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-July/036100.html
and later proposed a patch:
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-December/039670.html

[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

[Thomas De Schampheleire]

Hi Peter,

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Quotient Remainder
<quotientvremainder@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 15:59 +0200, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Mike Williams <mike@mikebwilliams.com> wrote:
>> > All,
>> >
>> >> --- Comment #3 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> ?---
>> >> (In reply to comment #2)
>> >>> Any specific reason why this has not been included in buildroot yet?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>> Thomas
>> >>
>> >> No, I just haven't looked at it / forgotten about it / not been able to
>> >> reproduce it locally. Will take a look at it tonight.
>> >
>> > I also had this problem. It appears to be caused by the old version
>> > present on RHEL 5.4, which is what I'm using in our corporate
>> > environment. If I had to guess, it would be because the tic being
>> > called is the one on the host system, not the one built by buildroot.
>>
>> Correct. The patch I proposed avoids that by compiling a host version
>> of tic in buildroot. This one is later used during the installation of
>> the target ncurses.
>>
> I also came across this problem a year ago:
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-July/036100.html
> and later proposed a patch:
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-December/039670.html
>

Were you able to take a look at this? Any chance it could be included
in the upcoming release you're rounding up?

Thanks,
Thomas

[Buildroot] [Bug 3685] ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=3685

Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> changed:

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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #4 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>  ---
Thanks, committed part 2 with minor changes. I prefer to not do part 1 this
close to the release.

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