Re: Question re: Bug#63348: ispell: Incorrect Dependancy
On 1 May 2000, David Coe wrote:
> Hi mentors,
>
> ispell needs libncurses4, but (as this bug report correctly
> explains) shouldn't depend on a non-"standard" package.
>
> So I have two choices -- compile it with static libncurses4,
You don't really want to enlarge your binary as much.
> or lobby to make libncurses4 part of debian "standard."
libncurses4 was part of standard, but now it's in section
"oldlibs" with priority "optional" because libncurses5 is its successor.
> Has that been suggested before? Opinions? Thanks.
What about the third choice: recompile ispell with libncurses5 which is
"required"?
cu,
Adrian
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