Re: Problem installing ncurses 5.4

[Pierre]

Pierre wrote:
> Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Pierre wrote:
> >
> > > Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 08:09:45AM +0100, Pierre wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Pierre wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > installing ../lib/libncurses.la as /usr/lib/libncurses.la
> > > > > > > cd ../lib; /usr/local/bin/libtool --mode=install 
> > > > > > > /usr/local/bin/install -c libncurses.la /usr/lib
> > > > > > > /usr/local/bin/install -c .libs/libncurses.so.5.0.4 
> > > > > > > /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.0.4
> > > > > > > (cd /usr/lib && rm -f libncurses.so.5 && ln -s 
> > > > > > > libncurses.so.5.0.4 libncurses.so.5)
> > > > > > > (cd /usr/lib && rm -f libncurses.so && ln -s libncurses.so.5.0.4 
> > > > > > > libncurses.so)
> > > > > > > /usr/local/bin/sed: relocation error: /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5: 
> >
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > Me neither... but maybe do you have an idea for the TABSIZE symbol ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes - the message seems to indicate that /usr/local/bin/sed is linked 
> > with ncurses (why I don't know since "sed" should live in /usr/bin and 
> > not have a dependency upon ncurses).  You've replaced the libncurses 
> > symbolic link so it points to the library as compiled by libtool.
>
>
> Ok I will investigate to see why is sed linked to ncurses, but it's not 
> the cause of the problem, with the previous libncurses sed was working 
> well. The problem is the relocation error, and any program linked to 
> ncurses have this problem.
>
> > Checking - rerunning that build, I see that the problem is (something 
> > I have recently on my to-do list to review) that the ncurses library 
> > is configured to split-out the terminfo stuff as a separate library.  
> > That means that applications linked with -lncurses won't handle the 
> > combined -lncurses -ltinfo which is needed in your configuration.  In 
> > the options list, that's done by the --with-termlib option.
>
>
> Ok I tried to configure without this option, and I don't have this error 
> anymore.

I always have this problem with ncurses 5.4-20041211 and libtool 1.9f.

--
Pierre.