Bug 452164

Summary:	dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-5.0.35: cuda-gdb linked against missing libtinfo.so.5
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Marius Brehler <marius.brehler+gentoo>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Justin Lecher (RETIRED) <jlec>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	follettoonip, idarktemplar, marius.brehler+gentoo, sci
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	452532
Bug Blocks:

Description Marius Brehler 2013-01-15 00:03:26 UTC

The Ubuntu and Fedora package include a version of the cuda-gdb which is linked against libtinfo.so.5.

revdep-rebuild reports:
[ 4% ]  *   broken /opt/cuda/bin/cuda-gdb (requires libtinfo.so.5)

It seems that libtinfo.so.5 is not shipped with Gentoo. After a short research it comes out that libtinfo.so actually is provided by libncurses.so. One possibility might be to provide a simlink (within the ncurses ebuild?) or another possibility (untested) is switching to the OpenSuSE binaries:

http://en.usenet.digipedia.org/thread/18916/18365/

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-01-16 12:37:23 UTC

I requested libtinfo for ncurses. we will see how the maintainer react.

please use following hack meanwhile_if_necessary:

ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5

Comment 2 Marius Brehler 2013-01-16 20:07:11 UTC

Thanks the quick reply and your request regarding the ncurses package. Unfortunately the hack is not working:

cuda-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.5: invalid ELF header

Right now, I don't have to use the cuda-gdb, but as I follow the discussion on issue 452532, just a symlink doesn't seems to be the solution (using ncurses 5.9-r2).

Comment 3 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-01-17 07:44:31 UTC

+  17 Jan 2013; Justin Lecher <jlec@gentoo.org>
+  +nvidia-cuda-toolkit-5.0.35.ebuild:
+  Add new dep on libtinfo.so, #452164
+

deps fixed.

Comment 4 Marius Brehler 2013-01-17 19:18:56 UTC

Thanks for fixing it that fix and clean :-)

Comment 5 Joshua Anderson 2013-02-12 15:01:46 UTC

This fix appears to have been undone in -r2. There is no longer a depend on curses with the tinfo use flag.

Comment 6 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-02-12 15:18:44 UTC

+  12 Feb 2013; Justin Lecher <jlec@gentoo.org>
+  nvidia-cuda-toolkit-5.0.35-r2.ebuild:
+  Readd ncurses[tinfo], which was accidentally dropped
+