David Engel writes: -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -> > I recently installed Debian 1.1, including termcap.compat. Since then -> > I've installed a custom version of the kernel (2.0.7) successfully, so -> > I figure that gcc is reasonably well set up. -> > -> > However, I tried to compile kermit 5A(190) and the make failed, -> > complaining that it couldn't find -ltermcap. -> -> The Debian termcap package is only intended for run-time use to allow -> old and non-Debian programs compiled with termcap to work. Any new -> programs should be compiled with ncurses.
This is not necessarily always possible. The one case I know about is when a program uses "varargs" instead of the newere, ANSI-standard "stdarg". Since the ncurses headers include stdarg, any program which uses varargs (nn is the example I can think of offhand) will not work with ncurses. Although, I agree that when possible ncurses' termcap emulation should be used, since the old termcap/curses libraries are considered somewhat obsolete. -> > There is definitely a file of the form /lib/libtermcap.so.?, but I -> > guess gcc is looking for a *.a file. -> > -> > How should I go about fixing this? -> -> You should convert the source and/or Makefile to use ncurses. Or, if that's not possible, make a symbolic link in /lib libtermcap.so -> libtermcap.2.0.8 -Larry -- Larry Daffner | Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. -- Bjarne Stroustrup on C++
