[14082] in SIPB bug reports
Linux: libncurses.so.4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Morzinski)
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From: Jacob Morzinski <jmorzins@MIT.EDU>
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU, bug-outland@MIT.EDU
Subject: Linux: libncurses.so.4
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This is a heads-up message:
There is a potential problem with locker software, and the new
Athena-9.3 release. The trouble comes from the fact that version
4.0 of libncurses is no longer part of the OS. The missing
library will cause some locker programs to fail to start.
Athena-9.2 Linux machine have all of:
libncurses.so.5.2 (/usr/lib/)
libncurses.so.4.0 (/usr/lib/)
libncurses.so.3.0 (/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/)
On an Athena-9.3 Linux machine, libncurses.4.0 is missing:
libncurses.so.5.2 (/usr/lib/)
libncurses.so.3.0 (/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/)
The missing libncurses.so.4.0 will affect any locker software
that was linked against it. I checked for affected programs
in the sipb and outland lockers, and came up with this list:
sipb:
less
pine.sipb
pico
pilot
tin
sc
rolo
crolo
uemacs
outland:
fe
w3m-0.2.2
Sadly, my attempts to recompile pine against libncurses.5.2
haven't worked yet -- some completely unrelated library is giving
errors. So pine will be broken for a while yet, and I'm not sure
if less, tin, sc, or the other programs will be recompiled soon
either.
-Jacob
