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bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:17:13 +0300 |
> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:35:51 +0300
> From: Valtteri Vuorikoski <vuori@notcom.org>
> Cc: 64577@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > I don't mind installing the above instead of my proposal, thanks.
>
> Great. I looked at NetBSD 5.1 sources and expanded the check somewhat:
>
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -5212,7 +5212,11 @@ AC_DEFUN
> ;;
>
> netbsd)
> - if test "x$LIBS_TERMCAP" != "x-lterminfo"; then
> + # NetBSD versions prior to 6.0 lack native terminfo, but have a
> + # tputs() built on top of termcap in these libraries. Use native
> + # termcap instead in this case. NetBSD >= 6.0 has native terminfo
> + # implementation in -lterminfo.
> + if test "x$LIBS_TERMCAP" = "x-ltermcap" -o "x$LIBS_TERMCAP" =
> "x-lcurses"; then
> TERMINFO=no
> LIBS_TERMCAP="-ltermcap"
> fi
>
> On 5.1 and older (no ncurses installed), configure's scan through
> tputs_libraries matches either -ltermcap or -lcurses (both seem to
> include tputs() in 5.1, but situation may differ in older versions),
> but this will be termcap under the hood. Therefore force TERMINFO=no
> and also force -ltermcap (as before) to avoid pulling in curses
> unnecessarily.
>
> On 6.0 and newer (again no ncurses) the order of tputs_libraries
> should always cause -lterminfo to match first, so the branch will not
> be taken and TERMINFO stays enabled.
>
> Installing ncurses should now enable full terminfo support on any
> version.
>
> Tested on 9.3 with and without ncurses installed and the result is
> full functionality with TERM=xterm-256color.
Thanks, installed on the emacs-29 branch, and closing the bug.
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library, vuori, 2023/07/11
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/12
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library, Valtteri Vuorikoski, 2023/07/12
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/12
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library, Valtteri Vuorikoski, 2023/07/12
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/12
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library, Valtteri Vuorikoski, 2023/07/12
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/13
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library, Valtteri Vuorikoski, 2023/07/13
- bug#64577: 29.0.92; configure on NetBSD forces unstable terminfo library,
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