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Re: lynx, ncurses, gpm



Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
> the ncurses FAQ makes mention of a problem with certain
> versions of gpm that has a bug in them that prevents libgpm
> from linking properly to ncurses. This could be tested by doing
> a 'nm libgpm.so' and see if wgetch is defined in it and not
> listed as an external.

I'm not sure I understand nm here:

  $ nm /usr/lib/libgpm.so
  nm: /usr/lib/libgpm.so: no symbols
  $ nm -a /usr/lib/libgpm.so
  nm: /usr/lib/libgpm.so: no symbols

When I look at the file with vim, I find that the string wgetch does exist
there, both for the original libgpmg and my recompiled version.

I've taken a look at the ncurses FAQ, and I'm still not sure - is this
something to do with the --without-curses option to the gpm ./configure
script? - because that's not called by the debian/rules script when building
gpm.

> You can always file a bug with the Debian BTS.

I'm not sure if that's really appropriate - the bug doesn't exist with the
packaged version of libncurses, so I can't really file it against any
current libncurses package.  I'm assuming there was a good reason for the
entry "* debian/rules: Zap --with-gpm." for version 5.0-3 (from
/usr/share/doc/libncurses5/changelog.Debian.gz )

>From my understanding of the BTS, I'll have to file a wishlist request for a
gpm-enabled version first.

Glyn

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