At 2026-05-28T03:36:52-0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 12:13:09AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > Is anyone else having the following problem with a "make install"? > > You might be running into a problem (which I've not seen for a while) > when tic is installing into a database where the "use=" links have > changed so that the inheritance flips the parent/child relationship > around, so that it's trying to write a main entry where an alias > exists. > > For that, I'd suggest saving off the existing database and recreating > it.
If it helps, I'm using the (perhaps less often tested) hashed database configuration. In fact I'll just go ahead and attach the scripts I use to "remake ncurses" after your weekly drops. Regards, Branden
#!/bin/sh
# autoreconf-dickey -f -i
./configure \
--prefix=$HOME/ncurses-HEAD \
--with-abi-version=7 \
--with-shared \
--with-cxx-shared \
--with-hashed-db \
--with-manpage-format=normal \
--with-termlib \
--with-versioned-syms \
--enable-opaque-curses \
--enable-opaque-form \
--enable-opaque-menu \
--enable-opaque-panel \
--with-pthread
# --enable-widec \
# --disable-widec \
# --with-shlib-version=rel \
# --with-ada-sharedlib \ "no GNAT project support"
# --with-config-suffix=GBRINFIX \
# --with-trace \
# --enable-pc-files \
# --with-pkg-config \
# --with-pc-suffix=GBRSUFFIX \
remake-ncurses.sh
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