Re: ncurses not building on the GNU system

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:

>   sorry, no.  Do your homework first, so you don't have to make
>   requests like this.  Start with the ncurses faq.  bye.
>
> I don't see any request that I made, only a proper bug report, with
> patch and that has been tested on the platforms that it touches to
> which you retorted in a rude manner (IMHO).  Care to be a bit more
> specific as to which FAQ's I should read?

frankly, your so-called bug report has been asked several times,
each time apparently less from the aspect of solving a technical
problem (which appears to be the case here), than playing politics.

Start with the ncurses faq, with the discussion of --disable-overwrite,
and keep in mind that the advice given there applies also to you.

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