Package: libreadline6 Version: 6.1-3 Severity: normal libncurses cannot be used to write "Unicode compliant" programs. Python 2.7 and 3.2 refuse to link its curses module to libncursesw if libreadline is linked to libncurses, because it causes a segfault on FreeBSD. For Python 3.2, libncurses is a problem because Python 3 tries to be fully unicode compliant.
More information in the following Python bug reports: * (open) curses: Link against libncursesw instead of libncurses http://bugs.python.org/issue9408 * (closed) curses crash on FreeBSD http://bugs.python.org/issue7384 Comment of #9408 by Stefan Krah: "Actually the distros should either link readline against libtinfo (Fedora) or only use ncursesw (DragonFly)." So would it be possible that libreadline is linked to libncursesw instead of libncurses? Victor -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libreadline6 depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-4 shared libraries for terminal hand ii readline-common 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries libreadline6 recommends no packages. libreadline6 suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
