Error "no termcap library found" when building gdb 6.6 for powerpc target

[Khem Raj]

Dimitry Andric wrote:
> Dan Wilder wrote:
>   
>> Or use your package manager (yum, uptodate or whatever) to locate and
>> install
>> a package named 
>>
>> 	 ncurses-devel
>>
>> which is I believe what the relevant .rpm package will be named.
>>
>> If a package is available under your OS or distro it's often better for
>> ease-of-maintenance reasons to install the native package rather than 
>> building from source.  
>>     
>
> This is only true for native packages, not for the cross-compilation
> environment.  Cross compilers usually find their headers and libraries
> somewhere under the directory they're installed in, *not* in
> /usr/include or /usr/lib!
>   
hmmm its about canadian build. Yeah then I think what Dimitry suggested 
is probably the best way. You need
libncurses for ppc(your host system) here not for i386(your build system).



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