Re: incompatibility between ncurses 5.3 and 5.4

[Adrian Maier]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:59:02 -0500 (EST), Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Adrian Maier wrote:
> 
> >>> Hello,
> >>> My name is Adrian Maier and I am new to this mailing list. I have joined
> >>> because I am experiencing some strange problems regarding ncurses 5.3
> >>> vs 5.4.
>
> > NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH = 20040125

In fact, it looks like the version included in Mandrake 10.1 is 20040529
( i had attempted to install the ncurses-5.3 rpm , and i guess that's where 
the 20040125 version of ncurses.h came from .... )  

I have tried to install ncurses 5.4 (20040208) from sources, and my programs 
work fine with it !  

So - the solution is to build and install ncurses myself ,  and simply not
use the one with problems.  But it's not clear why my programs broke and all
the curses-based programs included in mandrake are working normally.    
If you wish to continue researching for identifying the problem I'll be
happy to contribute:  I could try different versions (patches) and see 
which are the malfunctioning versions.   
Is there a cvs server available that i could use to retrieve different
versions of
ncurses ?
  
> > I'll try to narrow the problem and write a small program that demonstrates 
> > it.
> 
> That would be good. With a demo program, I can retest against different
> versions of ncurses and isolate the problem.

I have written a test program called bug.c  and i'm sending it attached. 

It looks like the problem is that the function  set_field_buffer fails to 
set the contents .  


Cheers,
Adrian Maier

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