Re: test for curses before bootstrap

[David Griffith <dgriffi%cs.csubak.edu@localhost>]

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Adam Hoka wrote:

> Wouldn't it be a good idea to include a check for curses headers during
> bootstrap? I know its RTFM, but it may be non-trivial to track down why
> the bootstrap stoped.
>
> Something like this:
>
>   echo_msg "Looking for curses header files"
>   if [ ! -f /usr/include/curses.h ] || [ ! -f /usr/include/ncurses.h ]; then
>           die "You need curses header files to bootsrap pkgsrc (see 
> README.$opsys)"
>   fi

Most Linux distros seem to have a default lack of a development headers,
so this sounds like a very good idea.


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David Griffith
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