Bug#755250: ncurses: FTBFS on kfreebsd: fatal error: machine/console.h: No such file or directory
Source: ncurses
Version: 5.9+20140712-1
Severity: serious
On kfreebsd-{amd64,i386} ncurses FTBFS:
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| /«BUILDDIR»/ncurses-5.9+20140712/ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c:119:29: fatal error: machine/console.h: No such file or directory
| #include <machine/console.h>
| ^
| compilation terminated.
| make[2]: *** [../obj_s/lib_mouse.o] Error 1
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This seems to have been triggered by a change in the buildds: ncurses
has a configure option "--with-sysmouse" (use FreeBSD sysmouse interface
provide mouse support on the console) which previously had always been
defaulted to "no" on kfreebsd, but today that has changed:
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| checking if you want to use sysmouse... yes
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This is the offending code in lib_mouse.c:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#if USE_SYSMOUSE
#undef buttons /* symbol conflict in consio.h */
#undef mouse_info /* symbol conflict in consio.h */
#include <osreldate.h>
#if defined(__DragonFly_version) || (defined(__FreeBSD__) && (__FreeBSD_version >= 400017))
#include <sys/consio.h>
#include <sys/fbio.h>
#else
#include <machine/console.h>
#endif
#endif /* use_SYSMOUSE */
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I suspect it should check for __FreeBSD_kernel__ in addition to
__FreeBSD__ according to [1].
Question to the porters: should we build ncurses with sysmouse support?
If it actually works that seems useful, but the GNU/kFreeBSD FAQ is
currently silent on mouse topics.
1. https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_FAQ#Q._How_do_I_detect_kfreebsd_with_preprocessor_directives_in_a_C_program.3F
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