Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:34:12 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Cc: Lorenzo Salvadore <phascolarctos@protonmail.ch> Subject: Re: current: cd /lib ; ln -s libncurses.so.9 libncurses.so.8 xterm & ffox Message-ID: <202004011434.031EYC2n022879@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:56:27 -0000." <IymUzcgEAJtYhLDjUdN4dCqpSsVDLs-wihMmw2wa1AVYwv9csqHQI22hqRkxUsqZs7Mq3mY8Z5OGPQbDWpAK1ktMy3g07-IO_1jDYS0P-G0=@protonmail.ch>
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Hi, Reference: > From: Lorenzo Salvadore <phascolarctos@protonmail.ch> > Reply-to: Lorenzo Salvadore <phascolarctos@protonmail.ch> > Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:56:27 +0000 Lorenzo Salvadore wrote: > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Wednesday 1 April 2020 02:22, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > > > Hi ports@ > > A libcurses version problem: > > > > Running 13.0-CURRENT with > > /usr/src > > cat .svn_revision 359319 > > cat .ctm_status src-cur 14430 > > /usr/ports > > cat .svn_revision 529842 > > cat .ctm_status ports-cur 13423 > > > > After > > pkg upgrade > > pkg autoremove > > xterm & firefox failed with > > ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libncurses.so.8" not found, required by "xterm" > > > > Fixed temporarily with: > > cd /lib ; ln -s libncurses.so.9 libncurses.so.8 ; ldconfig -R > > I think the recommended fix is to install misc/compat12x. I was suggested to > do that in another context and it worked for me. I gave the same suggestion > to someone else with the same problem and it also worked. > > Cheers, > Lorenzo Salvadore Thanks Lorenzo that worked, confirmed by cd /lib ; mv libncurses.so.8 libncurses.so.8.jhs cd /usr/ports/misc/compat12x ; make install ; reboot To identify package name for others: make package produces /usr/ports/packages/All/compat12x-amd64-12.1.1201000.20200220.txz however no ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-current/All & I dont see "man pkg-info" has an option to list what's available on repository (Eventualy I found http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/latest/All/ with compat12x-amd64-12.1.1201000.20200220.txz pkg install compat12x-amd64-12.1.1201000.20200220 The most recent versions of packages are already installed Which confirms the pkg name.) Suggestion: to man pkg-info we should add to SEE ALSO http://pkg.freebsd.org Cheers -- Julian Stacey, Consultant Systems Engineer, BSD Linux http://berklix.com/jhs/ UK stole 750,000 votes from EU Brits: http://stolenvotes.uk http://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300059 http://berklix.uk/brexit/#russia http://berklix.eu/corona/#brexit Delay Brexit 31 Dec 2020 better fight Corona.
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