ncurses compile problem

[Benjamin Foote]

Hello,

I'm having problems compiling ncurses.  The problem appears to be with
tic....

The error line is:
tic: symbol lookup error: tic: undefined symbol: _nc_check_termtype2

I'm running Gentoo and have tried to seek support from the gentoo forums
but nobody seems to know what the problem (or solution) is.  Google has
come up short as well.

Any guidance or suggestions that you could offer would be much appreciated.

---snip---
cd misc && make DESTDIR="/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/image/"
install
make[1]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/work/narrowc/misc'
sh /var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/work/ncurses-5.4/mkinstalldirs
/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/image//usr/share/terminfo
mkdir /var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/image/usr/share/terminfo
sh /var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/work/ncurses-5.4/mkinstalldirs
/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/image//usr/share/tabset
mkdir /var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/image/usr/share/tabset
DESTDIR=/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/image/ \
prefix=/usr \
exec_prefix=/usr \
bindir=/usr/bin \
top_srcdir=/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/work/ncurses-5.4 \
srcdir=/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/work/ncurses-5.4/misc \
datadir=/usr/share \
ticdir=/usr/share/terminfo \
source=terminfo.tmp \
THIS_CC="i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc" \
THAT_CC="i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc" \
sh ./run_tic.sh
** Building terminfo database, please wait...
Running tic to install
/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/image//usr/share/terminfo ...

You may see messages regarding extended capabilities, e.g., AX.
These are extended terminal capabilities which are compiled
using
tic -x
If you have ncurses 4.2 applications, you should read the INSTALL
document, and install the terminfo without the -x option.

tic: symbol lookup error: tic: undefined symbol: _nc_check_termtype2
? tic could not build
/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/image//usr/share/terminfo
make[1]: *** [install.data] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.4.20050319/work/narrowc/misc'
make: *** [install] Error 2

---snip---

Thanks!

ben

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