Subject: Re: ncurses
To: Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@arresum.inka.de>
From: Chris A. Mattingly <camattin@eos.ncsu.edu>
List: amiga
Date: 04/13/1995 12:58:15
On Apr 13,  6:56pm, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> Subject: Re: ncurses
> Hi,
>
> > > Hi,
> > > Wasn't someone about to upload ncurses to regensburg recently?
> > > I really need it to get ncftp to work again.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Arthur.
> >
> > That would be me.  The simplest thing to do (read: what I did) is to
> > get ncurses from ftp://ftp.cs.unl.edu/pub/mgleason/ncurses185.tgz
>
> That is not the latest version:
>
> [quote on]
> Announcing the latest version of ncurses (1.8.6) sources and
> associated bits and pieces.
>
> It available by anonymous ftp as:
> netcom.com:pub/zmbenhal/ncurses/ncurses-1.8.6.tgz
> [quote off]
>
> But that changed to: ftp.netcom.com:pub/z/zmbenhal/ncurses/
>
> Bernd
>
>-- End of excerpt from Bernd Ernesti

Why can't anyone understand this?!?!??!??!?!

1.8.6 will not work on NetBSD-Amiga (and if it has, someone better speak
up and post some patches).

1.8.5.2 is the _latest_ version that _works_ on NetBSD.

'Nuf said.

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