Subject: ncurses 4.2 builds, but gives problems with teTeX-0.4p8
To: Alistair G. Crooks <agc@ftp.netbsd.org>
From: Reinoud Zandijk <zandijk@cs.utwente.nl>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/06/1999 16:55:32
Hi folks,

I managed to get ncurses-4.2 working after deleting the old ncurses
1.9.9g. It was only used by teTeX and dialog, so I killed them both just
to be sure. How many program do use ncurses btw?

> I ran into some compilation problems when I tried to compile ncurses
> 4.2, with the old ncurses (1.9.9g) package already installed on the
> machine - it picked up an out of date <curses.h> file, and that
> gave some compilation problems.

We as stated above, I used your advice, thanks!.

The only problem with teTeX-0.4p8 is that I'd had to us `pkg_add -f ' to
install it for it looked for ncurses-1.9.9g. Could this become a problem?

Also, I ran the ncurses test programs and found them working ok except the
cursor keys... Since other programs like `vi' and `less' also have
problems with the cursorkeys, I'm wondering if there may be an
installation fault in NetBSD/arm32. Can anybody shed a light on this?

Regards,

Reinoud