On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 04:22:20AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 02:46:36AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> thanks (I test that when I compile on *BSD's, but haven't since mid-April).
>  
> > In fact I'll just go ahead and attach the scripts I use to "remake
> > ncurses" after your weekly drops.
> 
> will see if I can spot a problem :-)

...I didn't find one.  I ran the test install on Debian stable and testing,
and also ran tic on the last 20 revisions of terminfo.src with/without
removing terminfo.db
  
> > 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 \
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
> https://invisible-island.net



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