Bugzilla Bug 89250

Since the current ebuild switches the configure script to use ncurses
instead of the the termcap support from sys-libs/libtermcap-compat configure
fails to pick up tput definitions.  This means we can't get pretty output
from wdiff's -t mode, in fact we don't get any output at all.

  The attached patch just forces HAVE_TPUTS on, which results in ncurses'
defined tputs being used.  Yes, the autotools files could be patched to
provide the same result but it seems like overkill for something so
small.

  And eww context diffs ;)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Created an attachment (id=56404) [edit]
wdiff-tputs_from_ncurses.patch

  Having caused me to rethink this bug a little I have a question: How
against adding a 7 year old beta release, the latest release, which actually
fixes this issue amongst other things would you be?

  If it is acceptable I'll do more than 5 minutes testing I've given it
this morning and submit an updated ebuild if the beta release is stable.

Thanks,


James

7 years since the last release? dayum.  go for it, it's certainly had a long
beta period.

>   If it is acceptable I'll do more than 5 minutes testing I've given it
> this morning and submit an updated ebuild if the beta release is stable.

  Having given it some more testing I don't feel it is appropriate to use
the beta release.

Someone either updated it w/ some of those ~90s 'updates' from
http://wdiff.progiciels-bpi.ca/archives, or apply this patch, or punt it.

Tired of having the bug sitting in bugzilla for 3 years.

Fixed