The maintainer of sysutils/screen changed to USES=ncurses:base.
This will not work if ncurses:ports is installed (python uses it).
Ncurses.mk has:
if exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/libncurses.so)
followed by a warning and exit.
So no port can install ncurses:base if ncurses:ports is installed.
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Walter Schwarzenfeld
wrote:
> The maintainer of sysutils/screen changed to USES=ncurses:base.
>
> This will not work if ncurses:ports is installed (python uses it).
No, python uses ncurses, it doesn't require the one from ports.
Only 3 or 4 anecdotal ports requi
It is not clear what means onyl Uses=ncurses.
If I try pkg delete ncurses I got:
umber of packages to be removed: 411
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I think ncurses.mk set the default to ncurses:base.
There is no entry in for ncurses in /etc/make.conf.
If the default is base, I think I don't need a entry in /etc/make.conf.
But it seems my system uses ncurses:ports.
Why this?
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I removed the ncurses port. Had to recompile a lot of ports (but not all
411).
(Conky pulled ncurses:ports in. I compiled conky only
with USES=ncurses. It seems to work).
Solved.
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Installed the port today. No manual included or any information about
how to use it. The port really should have man pages and a pkg-message
file containing info about where to look for usage info.
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On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> Installed the port today. No manual included or any information about how
> to use it. The port really should have man pages and a pkg-message file
> containing info about where to look for usage info.
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> On 26 Aug 2017, at 23:27, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Ernie Luzar wrote:
>
>> Installed the port today. No manual included or any information about how
>> to use it. The port really should have man pages and a pkg-message file
>> containing info about where to l
