Control: tags -1 + patch On 2016-07-20 09:45 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Package: ne > Version: 3.0.1-2+b1 > Severity: minor > User: [email protected] > Usertags: libncurses5-dependency > > The ne binary is linked with ncurses, although it only uses functions > from tinfo. This causes an unnecessary dependency on libncurses5, as > can be seen in the build logs: > > ,---- > | dh_shlibdeps -a > | dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: package could avoid a useless dependency if > | debian/ne/usr/bin/ne was not linked against libncurses.so.5 (it uses > | none of the library's symbols) > `---- > > The solution is to link with -ltinfo rather than -lcurses in > src/makefile. Will send a patch as soon as I have the bug number. Attached here, ready to be dropped into debian/patches. Note that it must be placed after 01_Fix_ftbfs_add_lm.diff in the series file, since that patch touches the same line of src/makefile. Cheers, Sven
Description: Link with tinfo rather than curces Author: Sven Joachim <[email protected]> Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/831852 Last-Update: 2016-07-20 --- --- ne-3.0.1.orig/src/makefile +++ ne-3.0.1/src/makefile @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ CFLAGS+=$(OPTS) $(GCCFLAGS) \ $(if $(NE_ANSI), -DTERMCAP -DANSI,) -LIBS=$(if $(NE_TERMCAP)$(NE_ANSI),,-lcurses -lm) +LIBS=$(if $(NE_TERMCAP)$(NE_ANSI),,-ltinfo -lm) ne: $(OBJS) $(if $(NE_TERMCAP)$(NE_ANSI),$(TERMCAPOBJS),) $(CC) $(OPTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(if $(NE_TEST), -coverage -lefence,) $^ -lm $(LIBS) -o $(PROGRAM)
