Re: [arch-general] Why is /lib/libncurses.so a linker script?

2017-04-12 Thread Magnus Therning
Allan McRae writes: > On 12/04/17 20:09, Magnus Therning wrote: >> >> Allan McRae writes: >> >>> On 12/04/17 19:33, Magnus Therning wrote: I'm just curious what the reason is. >>> >>> Because absolutely everything should link to the wide character

Re: [arch-general] Why is /lib/libncurses.so a linker script?

2017-04-12 Thread Allan McRae
On 12/04/17 20:09, Magnus Therning wrote: > > Allan McRae writes: > >> On 12/04/17 19:33, Magnus Therning wrote: >>> I'm just curious what the reason is. >> >> Because absolutely everything should link to the wide character version. > > Wouldn't a symbolic link have the

Re: [arch-general] Why is /lib/libncurses.so a linker script?

2017-04-12 Thread Magnus Therning
Allan McRae writes: > On 12/04/17 19:33, Magnus Therning wrote: >> I'm just curious what the reason is. > > Because absolutely everything should link to the wide character version. Wouldn't a symbolic link have the same result? /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP:

Re: [arch-general] Why is /lib/libncurses.so a linker script?

2017-04-12 Thread Allan McRae
On 12/04/17 19:33, Magnus Therning wrote: > I'm just curious what the reason is. > Because absolutely everything should link to the wide character version. > Oh, and yes, it does cause some problems: > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53598 Stupid software is stupid. A

[arch-general] Why is /lib/libncurses.so a linker script?

2017-04-12 Thread Magnus Therning
I'm just curious what the reason is. Oh, and yes, it does cause some problems: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53598 /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0x927912051716CE39 email: mag...@therning.org jabber: mag...@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus