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From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com>
To: f_x <f_x@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: ncurses 5.2 package
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On 2001.10.11 11:42 f_x wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> The link to the ncurses 5.2 package is dead.
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.3-release/All/ncurses-5.2.tgz
> 
> Because of this i used the sources from gnu.org and compiled it with
> the 
> following options:
> 
> ./configure --datadir=${PREFIX}/share/misc --disable-overwrite 
> --disable-termcap --includedir=${PREFIX}/include/ncurses
> --with-profile 
> --with-shared --without-debug --without-curses-h --with-termlib 
> --with-libtool
> 
> Now if i wanna start something like vi or man i get the following
> error:
> 
> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5: Undefined symbol
> "SP"
> 
> Can You give any information about this? Will a port be available?
> 
> Thanx in advance for any help!
> 
> f_x
> 
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ncurses 5.2 is built into the base system.  By installing GNU ncurses,
you've nuked the base system ncurses 5.2 and screwed your system.

You'll need to make and install world to fix things.
-- 
jmc

MacroHard -- the perfection of form over
             substance, marketing over
             performance, and greed over
             design . . .

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