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Hi,

I have tried contacting the maintainer of the ncurses package previously
about a problem running the 'make install.' Basically, if you are
installing ncurses for the first time, the 'make' succeeds, but the 'make
install' bombs out at:

-------------------
installing std
installing stdcrt
installing vt100
installing vt300
cd test; make   INSTALL_PREFIX="" install
cd c++; make   INSTALL_PREFIX="" install
mv /usr/pkg/include/curses.h /usr/pkg/include/ncurses.h
mv: rename /usr/pkg/include/curses.h to /usr/pkg/include/ncurses.h: No
such file
 or directory
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
-------------------

Let me point out that *yes* I am using the latest pkgsrc Makefile and
*yes* I am using the latest 'bsd.port.mk' file.  Well, after a couple of
weeks of no answer from the port maintainer, I found the time to dive
ahead and fix the problem myself. As I suspected, there is a bug in the
ncurses port Makefile itself.  In the "post-install" section of the
Makefile, it has:

-------------------
post-install:
        mv ${PREFIX}/include/curses.h ${PREFIX}/include/ncurses.h
        rm -f ${PREFIX}/lib/libcurses.a
        ( cd ${PREFIX}/include ; for i in form.h menu.h panel.h ; do \
          sed '/#include/s|curses.h|ncurses.h|g' $$i >$$i.BAK ; \
          mv $$i.BAK $$i ; done )
        ldconfig -m ${PREFIX}/lib
-------------------

However, both the 'mv' and the 'sed' fail because the files are *not* in
/usr/pkg/include but rather in /usr/pkg/include/ncurses.  I have attached
the diffs of a Makefile that I created that works.  Please have the main
Makefile updated as soon as possible.

Finally, I understand that it is the end of the year/beginning of a new
year. I also understand that everyone is busy with getting 1.3 out the
door. However, for the NetBSD "packages" to be as useful as the FreeBSD
"ports" are, the individual package maintainers are going to have to be
responsive to problems. IMHO, if the user has to do anything more than
'make && make install', then the package is not complete.

I am not a programmer, but I am studying 'make' so that I can maintain
some packages as well in the near future. I also am very willing to test
out any packages that people are working on. I have two Macs running
NetBSD and I have enough HD space that I can test packages for people.
Let's make the packages work for everyone.

Best wishes for the New Year,

   Mark Andres               E-mail: mark@giganet.net
          Running NetBSD, 100% Microsoft Free!
   Me & NetBSD: http://www2.giganet.net/~mark/NetBSD/

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