Control: tags -1 fixed-upstream On 2023-04-19 17:02 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 08:20:40PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2023-04-17 17:09 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: >> >> > Package: libncurses-dev >> > Version: 6.4-2 >> > Severity: normal >> > >> > The libncurses-dev package ships several header files that can't be >> > compiled, because they depend on ncurses_cfg.h which is not available. >> > >> > $ grep -rl ncurses_cfg /usr/include/ >> > /usr/include/tic.h >> > /usr/include/curses.h >> > /usr/include/nc_tparm.h >> > $ >> >> The curses.h file is a false positive, as ncurses_cfg.h is only >> mentioned inside a comment: >> >> ,---- >> | $ grep -A2 -B1 ncurses_cfg /usr/include/curses.h >> | /* >> | * We cannot define these in ncurses_cfg.h, since they require parameters >> to be >> | * passed (that is non-portable). >> | */ >> `---- >> >> The other two files indeed #include the non-existent ncurses_cfg.h file. >> Perhaps surprisingly, this is actually done on purpose, as mentioned in >> the upstream NEWS file: >> >> ,---- >> | 20170722 >> | + add dependency upon ncurses_cfg.h to tic's header-files; any program >> | using tic-library will have to supply this file. Legacy tack >> | versions supply this file; ongoing tack development has dropped the >> | dependency upon tic-library and new releases will not be affected. >> `---- > > yes... before I revised it in 2017 - > > https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tack/CHANGES.html#t20170318 > > tack used internal entrypoints of ncurses, which I eliminated. > Version 1.07 and earlier do that, and could be built within > ncurses' source-tree (to get at those headers). The current > versions of tack use only term_entry.h, which is needed to > provide its editable-terminfo feature. > > While repology lists some older versions, I don't see a need to continue > the support for those. For the record, in the 20230423 patchlevel you dropped the support for these old tack versions, and the tic.h and nc_tparm.h header files are no longer installed. Thanks! :-) Cheers, Sven
