Re: Link cfdisk with libncurses instead of slang?
Adrian Bunk wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm the new maintainer of util-linux. I'm currently considering to link
> cfdisk with ncurses instead of slang. This would have the advantage that
> util-linux would no longer depend on slang1 (that means no essential
> package will have a dependency on slang1 then).
>
> But then I saw that the reason why cfdisk was linked with slang was #52559
> that was a follow-up of a discussion started in December 1999 [1] because
> of problems with building potato boot floppies.
>
> Could anyone tell me if it would cause any problems when I link cfdisk
> in unstable with ncurses again?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Adrian
>
> PS: Please Cc me since I'm not on this list.
What about a seperate package for the slang and ncurses ones, or would
that be going overboard ?
Glenn
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