Re: gdbm build failure

[Jason Bacon <jtocino%gmx.com@localhost>]

On 6/15/23 16:51, David H. Gutteridge wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2023 at 13:06:21 -0500, Jason Bacon wrote:
> > Anyone else hitting this on NetBSD 9.3?
> >
> > My tree is up-to-date.
> >
> >  CCLD     gdbmtool
> >  CCLD     gdbm_load
> > ld: cannot find -lncurses
> > gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:522: gdbmtool] Error 1
> > gmake[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > gmake[3]: Leaving directory
> > '/home/bacon/Pkgsrc/pkgsrc/databases/gdbm/work/gdbm-1.23/tools'
> > gmake[2]: *** [Makefile:405: all] Error 2
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> > '/home/bacon/Pkgsrc/pkgsrc/databases/gdbm/work/gdbm-1.23/tools'
> > gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:460: all-recursive] Error 1
> > gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> > '/home/bacon/Pkgsrc/pkgsrc/databases/gdbm/work/gdbm-1.23'
> > gmake: *** [Makefile:392: all] Error 2
> > *** Error code 2
> >
> > Stop.
> > bmake[1]: stopped in /home/bacon/Pkgsrc/pkgsrc/databases/gdbm
> > *** Error code 1
>
> I can't reproduce this, builds for me fine, in my case on 9.3_STABLE,
> both in a sandboxed pbulk run and just by typing "make package". My
> builds don't find ncurses during the configure stage, so it doesn't
> try to link against that later.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave

Must have been some bit rot in my installation.  After removing *all* 
packages, the build works with or without ncurses present.

Thanks,

	J