Source: slrn Version: 1.0.2-3 Your package currently FTBFS in unstable. From my pbuilder log:
,---- | gcc /build/slrn-1.0.2/src/objs/chkslang.o -Wl,-z,relro -o /build/slrn-1.0.2/src/objs/chkslang -lslang -luu -lcanlock -L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/lib -lgnutls -lgnutls-openssl -ltermcap | /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltermcap `---- This is an unexpected fallout from the fix for bug #745479[1], I did not really consider it possible that packages use the ncurses5-config script without a build dependency on libncurses5-dev. Anyway, here's the analysis: The configure script tries to run "ncurses5-config --terminfo", and if this does not succeed, uses a hardcoded list of terminfo directories which unfortunately does not include the directories /etc/terminfo and /lib/terminfo which we ship in ncurses-base. Failing to find a terminfo directory, it then concludes that the system must be using termcap and adds "-ltermcap" to the linker line which fails. I will work around that by shipping an /usr/share/terminfo directory in ncurses-base, but slrn might still FTBFS on the buildds until they upgrade their base system. Properly fixing this bug requires patching the buggy AC_DEFUN([JD_TERMCAP] in autoconf/aclocal.m4, or just removing the call to it from autoconf/configure.ac (I think this test is completely unnecessary, but haven't checked thoroughly yet). Sorry for the inconvenience. 1. https://bugs.debian.org/745479
