Re: gcc

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

> 
> Hi,
> 
>   I'm running into another problem again with gcc while try to
>   build vile.
> 
>   The gcc can not load -ltermcap nor -lncurses.  Here are the
>   two small programs that caused the problem:
> 
>   prog1.c
>     char initscr(); int main() { initscr(); return 0; }
>   $ gcc prog1.c -lncurses
>   ld: cannot open -lncurses: no such file or directory

Try
  gcc -o prog1 prog1.c -lreadline
This at least links.

> 
>   prog2.c
>     char tgoto(); int main() { tgoto(); return 0; }
>   $ gcc prog1.c -ltermcap
>   ld: cannot open -ltermcap: no such file or directory
> 

again, 
  gcc -o prog2 prog2.c -lreadline
works.

>   both libs are in /lib:
>     libncurses.so.3.0
>     libtermcap.so.2 -> libtermcap.so.2.0.8
>     libtermcap.so.2.0.8
> 

I've recently learnt that, for -termcap to be found, one needs
.so links:
  libtermcap.so -> libtermcap.so.2.0.8
and that one is missing.
I'm not sure if this is a bug in the termcap package: the debian
system tries to supply all packagres linked with readline, and
as such the missing .so files may be intentional (I just don't know).



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            joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl
          joostje@debian.org
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