Re: lynx-dev problems compiling version 21 of development lynx

[T.E.Dickey]

> From: "T.E.Dickey" <address@hidden> 
>  
> > It looks like a problem with the library configuration - you're built 
> > with ncurses split into two parts (the terminfo library as libtinfo). 
>  
> Hmm - ncurses just built things that way - I didn't knowingly tell 
> it to build into two pieces. 
maybe it's leftover from a previous build (but building two libraries is
not the default configure option)
  
> > I had an impression that if the libraries reside in your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
> > that Solaris would pick them up properly.  (There's also the -R option 
> But I don't put every library directory into my LD_LIBRARY_PATH - that's 
> what -R is for. 
>  
> I thought lynx had been using -R all along. 
that also is an option (rpath).
  
> > did you reinstall both libncurses and libtinfo?  (I don't know why it 
> > would change, since the module breakdown has been stable for a few months). 
>  
> I did a build and install : 
> -rw-r--r--   1 lwv26    gnu        448660 Aug 13 18:36 
> /projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/lib/libncurses.a 
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 lwv26    dept26         15 Aug 13 18:36 
> /projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/lib/libncurses.so -> libncurses.so.4 
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 lwv26    dept26         17 Aug 13 18:36 
> /projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/lib/libncurses.so.4 -> libncurses.so.4.2 
> -rw-r--r--   1 lwv26    gnu        364488 Aug 13 18:36 
> /projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/lib/libncurses.so.4.2 
> -rw-r--r--   1 lwv26    gnu        311992 Aug 13 18:36 
> /projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/lib/libtinfo.a 
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 lwv26    dept26         13 Aug 13 18:36 
> /projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/lib/libtinfo.so -> libtinfo.so.4 
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 lwv26    dept26         15 Aug 13 18:36 
> /projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/lib/libtinfo.so.4 -> libtinfo.so.4.2 
> -rw-r--r--   1 lwv26    gnu        277760 Aug 13 18:36 
> /projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/lib/libtinfo.so.4.2 

> Larry W. Virden                 INET: address@hidden 

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