Bug 458186 – =dev-util/ddd-3.3.12-r3 with ncurses[tinfo] - configure: error: Cannot find termcap compatible library.

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Scott McClung 2013-02-18 21:43:37 UTC]

=dev-util/ddd-3.3.12-r3 fails to compile with ncurses with the ncurses tinfo USE flag enabled.  Recently enabled tinfo flag for an unstable nvidia-cuda-toolkit, and the recent stabilize for dev-util/ddd uncovered this bug.   Removing nvidia-cuda-toolkit and reversing this change allows ddd to compile properly.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. enable tinfo USE flag in /etc/portage/package.use/use:

sys-libs/ncurses tinfo

2. Emerge new ddd:

emerge =dev-util/ddd-3.3.12-r3

Actual Results:  
The build fails to find tgetent  in -lncurses and fails:

checking for tgetent in -lncurses... no
configure: error: Cannot find termcap compatible library.


Expected Results:  
Should compile if tinfo is enabled or not.

I believe this may need to be associated with the tracker at https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457530.

Attaching emerge --info and the build log.

[Comment 1 Scott McClung 2013-02-18 21:44:29 UTC]

Created attachment 339304 [details]
emerge --info '=dev-util/ddd-3.3.12-r3'

[Comment 2 Scott McClung 2013-02-18 21:49:02 UTC]

Created attachment 339306 [details]
Build log for ddd-3.3.12-r3

[Comment 3 Jörn Valentin 2013-03-07 18:27:57 UTC]

setting 
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
in make.conf to remove "-Wl,--as-needed" from LDFLAGS allows the package to build

[Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2014-03-03 14:26:55 UTC]

Created attachment 371644 [details, diff]
ddd-3.3.12-tinfo.patch

cvs diff ddd-3.3.12-r3.ebuild 
Index: ddd-3.3.12-r3.ebuild
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-util/ddd/ddd-3.3.12-r3.ebuild,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -B -r1.8 ddd-3.3.12-r3.ebuild
--- ddd-3.3.12-r3.ebuild        21 Feb 2013 16:12:26 -0000      1.8
+++ ddd-3.3.12-r3.ebuild        3 Mar 2014 14:26:37 -0000
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
        "${FILESDIR}/${P}-gcc44.patch"
        "${FILESDIR}/${P}-gdb-disassembler-bug.patch"
        "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.3.12-man.patch"
+       "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.3.12-tinfo.patch"
 )
 
 DOCS=(
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@
 src_configure() {
        local myeconfargs=(
                --disable-static
-               --with-termlib=ncurses
                $(use_with readline)
        )
        autotools-utils_src_configure

[Comment 5 Maciej Mrozowski 2014-04-08 00:49:09 UTC]

Fixed in -4. Thanks for the patch jer.

[Comment 6 Maciej Mrozowski 2017-06-19 00:51:35 UTC]

*** Bug 621976 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 7 Eli Schwartz 2024-03-11 21:54:36 UTC]

Forwarded upstream at long, long last.