Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:40:01 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: Wesley Shields <wxs@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, udo.schweigert@siemens.com, Alexander Kojevnikov <alexander@kojevnikov.com> Subject: Re: shells/zsh links to devel/ncurses Message-ID: <AANLkTikQ8Td4=YUTR4p0AwYtrWxvC8FnSrkGMb-x6u27@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110303135717.GD48908@atarininja.org> References: <AANLkTimVt46gP_8b-Y2pxc_B3d7ZK=6bxmhXj-Gw8Apx@mail.gmail.com> <20110303135717.GD48908@atarininja.org>
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2011/3/3 Wesley Shields <wxs@freebsd.org>: > On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 03:21:17PM +0800, Alexander Kojevnikov wrote: >> If devel/ncurses is installed, shells/zsh links to libncursesw from >> that port but doesn't add it as a dependency. >> >> To reproduce: >> >> 1. Install devel/ncurses >> >> 2. (Re)install shells/zsh >> >> 3. Run: >> % ldd `shich zsh` >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 libncursesw.so.6.0 =3D> /usr/local/lib/libncursesw.so.6.= 0 (0x8008f4000) >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ... >> >> 4. pkg_delete devel/ncurses >> >> 5. zsh cannot start: >> % ldd `which zsh` >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 libncursesw.so.6.0 =3D> not found (0x0) >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ... >> >> Re-building shells/zsh fixes it: >> >> % ldd `which zsh` >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 libncursesw.so.8 =3D> /lib/libncursesw.so.8 (0x8008f5000= ) >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ... >> >> To sum it up, shells/zsh should either not link to devel/ncurses or >> list it as a dependency if it does. > > Thanks for bringing this up. I noticed it a while ago but forgot to mail > the maintainer. > > While we are on the subject of silent dependencies, mail/mutt-devel > links with ncurses silently too. I've attached the maintainer of > mutt-devel to this mail so he can hopefully work up a patch. > > -- WXS > For information, about all (almost) the ports that links to ncurses have this problem. A global solution should be found. regards, Bapt
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