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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: {ncurses/libncurses-devel/ncurses-demo}-5.7-11; New: libncurses9-5.7-11
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:19:26 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: {ncurses/libncurses-devel/ncurses-demo}-5.7-11; New: libncurses9-5.7-11
- References: <announce.49AB0C19.7040807@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mar 1 17:28, Charles Wilson wrote:
> ncurses is a package that provides character and terminal handling
> libraries, including 'gui-like' panels and menus. It is often used
> instead of termcap.
>
> [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-3 ]]
>
> NOTE TO MAINTAINERS: You may need to add -ltinfo to LIBS when linking
> against ncurses.
Is that really necessary? I'm wondering if the gain isn't overshadowed
by the additional requirement at configure time. I don't see this lib
on my Linux box either. And it might hurt configuring OOTB.
Corinna
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