[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#645273: FTBFS: probably tinfo split fallout

Sven Joachim svenjoac at gmx.de
Fri Nov 4 18:38:29 UTC 2011


retitle 645273 tclreadline: should not link against a termlib library
severity 645273 normal
thanks

Am 14.10.2011 um 00:36 schrieb Thorsten Glaser:

> Source: tclreadline
> Version: 2.1.0-10
> Severity: serious
> Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)
>
> checking for tputs in -lncurses... no
> checking for tputs in -ltermlib... no
> checking for tputs in -ltermcap... no
> checking for tputs in -lcurses... no
> configure: error:
>             no terminal library found. Please retry with the --with-tlib argument.

This has been worked around in ncurses 5.9-3, where libtinfo-dev
provides libtermcap.so as an alias for libtinfo.so.  However,
tclreadline should not even try to link against either of these
libraries, which is why I'm downgrading the bug rather than closing it.

Cheers,
       Sven





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