Re: tic / disable-ext-functions

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 10:11:38PM +0200, Wouter de Jong wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was trying to update the ncurses coming with Slackware 7.1 to ncurses 5.2 I
> compiled it with a variety of options, but tic always segfaults when trying
> to install termcap.src on line 1

I assume you mean terminfo.src (ncurses doesn't come bundled with termcap.src).
The usual place to look is when linking with shared libraries to ensure that
the copy of tic which is being run is based on consistent libraries (I seem
to recall some issue with this).  The 5.2 tic requires the 5.2 libraries
since it relies on new (private) interfaces.  Normal applications would not
be affected by this, but tic and infocmp are.

> 
> So i tried to disbale the extended functions, and then the whole make just
> crashes.  I tried this on multiple Slackware 7.1 machines, and they all give
> me the same problem. 

I'm running Slackware 7.1 at the moment (ncurses 5.1 works fine).  For
testing purposes I left the ~5.0 tic in /usr/bin, and linked 5.2 statically.
(Some other distributions such as Redhat I simply reinstalled ;-).
 
> I also tried it with the disable switch as the _only_ switch, but with no
> luck.
> 
> I don't really think it's a bug, though I find it pretty odd it happens :>
> 
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