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Date:      Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:54:50 GMT
From:      Alexander Botero-Lowry <alex@complete-systems.net>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   gnu/84976: System ncruses does not have wide character functions
Message-ID:  <200508160554.j7G5sorW093187@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200508160600.j7G60Tl8063639@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         84976
>Category:       gnu
>Synopsis:       System ncruses does not have wide character functions
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 16 06:00:29 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alexander Botero-Lowry
>Release:        FreeBD 6.0Beta1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD Laptop 6.0-BETA1 FreeBSD 6.0-BETA1 #1: Sun Jul 31 23:21:29 EDT 2005     root@Laptop:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/LAPTOP  i386
>Description:
      > nm /usr/lib/libncurses*.a | grep waddwstr
      >

ncruses in the default system seems to lack wide character support. 


>How-To-Repeat:
      Compile a program that uses wide chracter support using the base system ncurses. 
>Fix:
      I suppose --enable-widec in the configuration portion of make World for ncurses...
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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