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 -- Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]> https://invisible-island.net
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