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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use config scripts to detect ncurses libs for, menuconfig/nconfig
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On 25/02/13 21:53, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Justin, All,
>=20
> On Monday 25 February 2013 Justin wrote:
>> On 25.02.2013 19:30, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
>>> On Sunday 24 February 2013 Justin wrote:
>>>> when ncurses is build with --with-termlib several symbols are moved =
to a
>>>> seperate terminfo library (libtinfo.so). Current Kernel buildsystem
>>>> results in a build error with menuconfig and nconfig dialogs.
>>>
>>> Do you know of a distribution where this is the case, so I can test?
>>
>> This is using Gentoo Linux testing with ld.gold. But I assume you will=

>> get the same result using any distro with gold.
>=20
> No, I meant a distro where ncurses is built with --with-termlib.
> On my Debian stable (squeeze), libtinfo does not exist at all,
> so I can not test linking against it:
>=20
>     $ apt-file search libtinfo
>     (zilch)
>=20
> But I'll see at installing a Gentoo (if that's not too complex) in a
> VM to do the checks (can you confirm that Gentoo by default configures
> ncurses with --with-termlib ?).
>=20
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
>=20

I can be build optionally (mostly for binary package compatibility
reasons) with --with-termlib. I will send a step-by-step instruction how
to test this with our live cd later today.

Thanks,
Justin


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