Jim Mintha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There seem to be a whole bunch of problems with the utf8 slang > packages. People are having trouble with slrn, lynx, etc. Possibly > these packages just need to be recompiled but the following seems more > serious: > > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 11:36:38PM +0200 , Jim Mintha wrote: > > > I just uploaded them. (I just realized that i missed adding the > > > Closes, but I'll do it by hand) Let me know if there are problems. > > > > there are. like debconf/whiptail segfaulting. Not evern recompile helps. > > Arguably it's a bug in newt, because it's not using the correct slang type > > defines, but still. It changes the API of slang, so every program using it, > > must be recompiled. Also querybts doesn't work > > > > Petr Cech > > Any thoughts at what should be done? Can these be fixed, or should we > make a seperate slang-utf8 package?
Was this the latest, patched newt that you recompiled (0.50.17-4)? If so, please tell me more about the segfault. The UTF-8 slang certainly has a changed binary interface, so recompilation of other packages is required. It's debatable whether you should call it a changed API, but it's not surprising if some packages require minor bug fixes as well as recompilation. The same fixes will be required for slang2, anyway. Edmund
