Re: buitlin ncurses and pkgsrc ncursesw

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Damn... ncursesw from pkgsrc may not works as expected with builtin ncurses,
because it refer ${PREFIX}/share/terminfo.

On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:20:26 +0900, David Holland 
<dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 11:28:53PM +0900, OBATA Akio wrote:
>  > I feel that devel/ncursesw will not works with builtin ncurses.
>  > Inclution of ncurses_dll.h and unctrl.h in ncurses.h to below ncurses/ with 
> SUBST,
>  > but builtin ncurses header is not in there (from check of 
> ncurses/builtin.mk).
>  >
>  > Should the SUBST only for using with pkgsrc ncurses?
>  > or should ncurses/builtin.mk should create ncurses/ncurses.h and 
> ncurses/unctrl.h?
>
> Check what the configure script sets up and have the SUBST do the same
> thing? That SUBST is just replicating what the package's own install
> goo does because the pkgsrc logic bypasses that.
>
>  > The SUBST came from PR#43435, but it is not required in pkgsrc
>  > because ncurses/buildlink3.mk have
>  > BUILDLINK_INCLUDES.ncurses+= include/ncurses
>
> It is required in that without it, things don't work. I don't remember
> the exact symptoms but if you have tin on NetBSD with
>
>    PKG_OPTIONS.tin=-curses ncursesw -inet6
>
> tin doesn't configure with ncurses and as a result does random tin
> things that result in users getting annoyed.

Could you (or someone) provide a simple test case?

--
OBATA Akio / obache%NetBSD.org@localhost