[patch/rfc] Build TUI when curses
Andrew Cagney
cagney@gnu.org
Wed Feb 11 15:55:00 GMT 2004
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:18:16AM -0500, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
>
>> If there is no curses library, then readline won't build, so it's okay
>> for gdb to require curses as well (until someone reorganizes gdb so that
>> it can be built without readline).
>
>
> Are you sure readline requires curses to build?
>
> This is in readline's ./configure --help
> Optional Packages:
> --with-curses use the curses library instead of the termcap
> library
>
> Also, this is from readline's INSTALL file,
>
> `--with-curses'
> This tells readline that it can find the termcap library functions
> (tgetent, et al.) in the curses library, rather than a separate
> termcap library. Readline uses the termcap functions, but does not
> link with the termcap or curses library itself, allowing applications
> which link with readline the to choose an appropriate library.
> This option tells readline to link the example programs with the
> curses library rather than libtermcap.
That matches my reading of GDB's configure.in (look for "termcap").
Andrew
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