Bug 102075 – emerge dev-util/dialog fails because it can't link with ncursesw library

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Description apayan 2005-08-10 22:01:13 UTC]

emerge dev-util/dialog fails. Here is the text up to and including the error:
checking for -lncursesw in /usr/local/lib... no
checking for -lncursesw in /usr/lib... no
configure: error: Cannot link ncursesw library

the config.log file is attached

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge dialog
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
emerge fails with the error noted above.

Expected Results:  
the software should be emerged

Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12
Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.5-20050130,
glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.11
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r10
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.18-r1
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env
/usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/
ftp://cudlug.cudenver.edu/pub/mirrors/distributions/gentoo/
http://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/gentoo/"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cjk crypt dvd
dvdr eds emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk
gtk+ gtk2 imlib ipv6 java jpeg lesstif libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmxext motif
mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt
quicktime readline samba sdl spell sse ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts
type1-fonts unicode vorbis winbind xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux
elibc_glibc"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

[Comment 1 apayan 2005-08-10 22:07:34 UTC]

Created attachment 65631 [details]
config.log generated by portage

portage told me to attack this file to the bug report

[Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-08-10 23:45:41 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 67524 ***