[RFD] ncurses update

Charles Wilson cwilson@ece.gatech.edu
Sat Sep 15 13:01:00 GMT 2001


BTW, the "Red Hat" way is:

libncurses5-devel
   contains static libs (and import libs, in cygwin parlance)
   contains header files
   contains the man (3) pages
   RH also includes the source code/makefile for the test progs

libncurses5
   contains shared libs only (DLLs)

ncurses
   contains the utility programs
   contains the terminfo database/tabset stuff
   contains the man (1),(5), and (7) pages
   Note that RH's terminfo database, as installed, is stripped down.

Perhaps this is a better plan?  (Doesn't avoid any of the problems 
mentioned in my other email, and makes maintaining the terminfo database 
separately more difficult, but....)

--Chuck


--Chuck






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