dev-util/dialog-1.0.20050206 depends on ncurses installing a fresh system w/ i got this error ... * fresh stage3 * emerge linux-headers gentoo-sources * emerge system (portage wants to install dialog) * error w/ emerging dialog * emerge system (now portage dont want to install dialog) <snip> Fri Mar 11 13:34:01 2005 >>> sys-apps/hdparm-5.7-r1 Fri Mar 11 13:34:09 2005 >>> sys-devel/bin86-0.16.16 Mon Jul 18 08:51:12 2005 >>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r6 Mon Jul 18 08:54:34 2005 >>> sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.11-r2 Mon Jul 18 08:55:23 2005 >>> dev-perl/DateManip-5.42a-r1 Mon Jul 18 08:55:53 2005 >>> app-shells/bash-completion-config-0.8-r2 Mon Jul 18 08:56:28 2005 >>> app-portage/genlop-0.30.2 Mon Jul 18 09:01:18 2005 >>> app-portage/eix-0.2.2 Mon Jul 18 09:06:03 2005 >>> media-libs/libpng-1.2.8 Mon Jul 18 09:06:17 2005 >>> x11-base/opengl-update-2.2.1 Mon Jul 18 09:09:20 2005 >>> media-libs/freetype-2.1.9-r1 Mon Jul 18 09:10:25 2005 >>> x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r3 Mon Jul 18 09:15:27 2005 >>> media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.3 Mon Jul 18 12:36:11 2005 >>> x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r2 Mon Jul 18 12:39:20 2005 >>> x11-libs/Xaw3d-1.5-r1 Mon Jul 18 12:40:01 2005 >>> app-arch/rpm2targz-9.0-r3 Mon Jul 18 12:40:56 2005 >>> sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.5-r1 Mon Jul 18 12:42:33 2005 >>> x11-terms/xterm-200-r3 Mon Jul 18 12:44:43 2005 >>> media-libs/jpeg-6b-r4 Mon Jul 18 12:53:12 2005 >>> media-libs/tiff-3.7.2 Mon Jul 18 13:03:32 2005 >>> media-libs/netpbm-10.20 Mon Jul 18 13:07:01 2005 >>> media-libs/glut-3.7.1 Mon Jul 18 13:09:22 2005 >>> media-libs/gle-3.0.1-r2 Mon Jul 18 13:17:30 2005 >>> dev-util/pkgconfig-0.17.2-r1 Mon Jul 18 13:29:35 2005 >>> dev-libs/glib-2.6.4 Mon Jul 18 13:34:13 2005 >>> dev-libs/atk-1.9.1 Mon Jul 18 13:47:21 2005 >>> x11-libs/pango-1.8.1 Mon Jul 18 13:48:28 2005 >>> dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.34 Mon Jul 18 13:49:26 2005 >>> dev-util/intltool-0.32.1 Mon Jul 18 14:02:58 2005 >>> dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.19 Mon Jul 18 14:04:26 2005 >>> x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.16 Mon Jul 18 15:01:08 2005 >>> x11-libs/gtk+-2.6.7 Mon Jul 18 15:03:53 2005 >>> gnome-base/libglade-2.5.0 Mon Jul 18 15:08:23 2005 >>> media-libs/audiofile-0.2.6-r1 Mon Jul 18 15:09:11 2005 >>> media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.9b Mon Jul 18 15:19:12 2005 >>> media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.9 Mon Jul 18 15:23:09 2005 >>> media-sound/esound-0.2.34 Mon Jul 18 15:25:29 2005 >>> dev-util/indent-2.2.9-r2 Mon Jul 18 15:28:10 2005 >>> dev-libs/libIDL-0.8.5 Mon Jul 18 15:41:01 2005 >>> gnome-base/orbit-2.12.2 Mon Jul 18 15:49:25 2005 >>> gnome-base/libbonobo-2.8.1 Mon Jul 18 15:50:38 2005 >>> gnome-base/gnome-mime-data-2.4.2 Mon Jul 18 15:54:38 2005 >>> dev-lang/tcl-8.4.9 Mon Jul 18 15:58:39 2005 >>> dev-lang/tk-8.4.9 Mon Jul 18 16:08:51 2005 >>> dev-util/guile-1.6.7 Mon Jul 18 16:09:53 2005 >>> dev-libs/libgpg-error-1.0-r1 Mon Jul 18 16:14:03 2005 >>> dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.2.1 Mon Jul 18 16:18:13 2005 >>> dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.13-r1 Mon Jul 18 16:18:34 2005 >>> net-mail/mailbase-0.00-r9 Mon Jul 18 16:18:59 2005 >>> net-mail/mailwrapper-0.2.1 Mon Jul 18 16:19:35 2005 >>> mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61 Mon Jul 18 16:22:13 2005 >>> app-crypt/mhash-0.9.2 Mon Jul 18 16:26:48 2005 >>> net-libs/openslp-1.2.1 Mon Jul 18 16:51:25 2005 >>> net-nds/openldap-2.1.30-r5 Mon Jul 18 16:53:00 2005 >>> net-libs/c-client-2004a-r1 Mon Jul 18 16:55:00 2005 >>> dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.7 Mon Jul 18 17:29:45 2005 >>> dev-db/mysql-4.0.24 Mon Jul 18 17:30:13 2005 >>> perl-core/Storable-2.13 Mon Jul 18 17:30:30 2005 >>> dev-perl/Net-Daemon-0.38 Mon Jul 18 17:30:47 2005 >>> dev-perl/PlRPC-0.2016-r1 Mon Jul 18 17:31:21 2005 >>> dev-perl/DBI-1.46 Mon Jul 18 17:31:44 2005 >>> dev-perl/DBD-mysql-2.9003 Mon Jul 18 17:34:05 2005 >>> app-text/aspell-0.50.5-r4 Mon Jul 18 17:36:03 2005 >>> app-text/sablotron-1.0 Mon Jul 18 17:41:54 2005 >>> net-libs/libwww-5.4.0-r3 Mon Jul 18 17:42:08 2005 >>> net-dns/c-ares-1.2.0 Mon Jul 18 17:45:00 2005 >>> net-misc/curl-7.13.2 Mon Jul 18 17:45:51 2005 >>> dev-libs/libusb-0.1.10a Mon Jul 18 17:46:18 2005 >>> media-gfx/xloadimage-4.1-r3 Mon Jul 18 17:48:13 2005 >>> app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.1 Mon Jul 18 17:48:42 2005 >>> sys-libs/db-1.85-r2 Mon Jul 18 17:48:55 2005 >>> dev-java/java-config-1.2.11 Mon Jul 18 17:49:48 2005 >>> dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02 Mon Jul 18 17:53:17 2005 >>> sys-libs/db-3.2.9-r10 Mon Jul 18 17:55:42 2005 >>> dev-libs/elfutils-0.108 Mon Jul 18 18:05:32 2005 >>> app-arch/rpm-4.2 Mon Jul 18 18:05:41 2005 >>> sys-apps/i2c-2.8.7 Mon Jul 18 18:06:39 2005 >>> media-libs/gd-2.0.32 Mon Jul 18 18:07:30 2005 >>> media-libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.17 Mon Jul 18 18:07:41 2005 >>> dev-libs/cgilib-0.5 Mon Jul 18 18:11:25 2005 >>> net-analyzer/rrdtool-1.2.6-r1 Mon Jul 18 18:12:03 2005 >>> sys-apps/lm_sensors-2.8.7 Mon Jul 18 18:12:21 2005 >>> dev-perl/TermReadKey-2.21 Mon Jul 18 18:19:36 2005 >>> dev-perl/perl-tk-804.027 Mon Jul 18 18:33:59 2005 >>> net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.2.1-r1 Mon Jul 18 18:34:46 2005 >>> sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r1 </snip> <snip> checking for multibyte character support... yes checking for ncursesw header in include-path... curses.h checking for ncurses version... 5.4.20040208 checking for Gpm_Open in -lgpm... yes checking for initscr in -lgpm... yes checking for initscr... no checking for initscr in -lncursesw... no checking for -lncursesw in /usr/local/lib... no checking for -lncursesw in /usr/lib... no configure: error: Cannot link ncursesw library !!! Please attach the config.log to your bug report: !!! /var/tmp/portage/dialog-1.0.20050206/work/dialog-1.0-20050206/config.log !!! ERROR: dev-util/dialog-1.0.20050206 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 485, Exitcode 0 !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. </snip> <snip> dapengoo / # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar 11 2005, 17:34:27)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.7.9-r1, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" 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/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/local/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.coprodeli.org/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo" LANG="en_US" LC_ALL="en_US" LINGUAS="es en de" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/local/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/overlays/coprodeli-overlay" SYNC="rsync://rsync.coprodeli.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 7zip X Xaw3d a52 aac accessibility acl acpi aim alsa amarok amd apache2 apm ares arts artworkextra audiofile avi bash-completion bdf berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bl bmp browserplugin bzip2 caps ccache cdda cddb cdio cdparanoia cdrom chipcard chroot clamav client cpudetection crypt cups curl dbus dga dillo divx4linux dlloader dts dv dvd dvdr dvdread ecc editor edl elf emboss encode epiphany erandom escreen esd estraier ethereal exif extraicons extramodules extras fame fbcon ffmpeg firefox flac flood font-server foomaticdb fpx freetype gd gdbm gg gif gimpprint gmp gnokii gnome gpgme gphoto2 gpm gps graphviz gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal hardenedphp httpd icq idn ieee1394 imap imlib imlib2 inkjar inode ipv6 irc ithreads jabber java javascript jbig jce jpeg jpeg2k kde lcms ldap libcaca libclamav libg++ libwww live lj lm_sensors logitech-mouse logrotate lua lzo mad maildir mailwrapper matroska md5sum memlimit menubar migemo mikmod mjpeg mmx mmxext mng mono motif mozdevelop mozilla mozsvg mozxmlterm mp3 mpeg msn mysql mythtv ncurses netboot network nfs nls nntp oav oggvorbis openexr opengl oscar oss pam pam_chroot pam_console pam_timestamp pcap pcmcia pcre pda pdflib perl php plugin png povray ppds python qt quicktime quotas rdesktop readline real rplay rpm rrdtool rss rtc ruby samba sasl scanner sdl session sftplogging silc skey slang slp smartcard smime sms smtp smux sndfile snmp socks5 sox speex spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl stream stroke svg tabs tcltk tcpd tetex tga theora threads thumbnail tidy tiff truetype truetype-fonts underscores unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vcd vchroot vhosts vidix vim-with-x visualization vlm vorbis wifi win32codecs winbind wmf wxwindows xanim xchatdccserver xchattext xface xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xosd xprint xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc yahoo yv12 zero-penalty-hit zeroconf zlib linguas_es linguas_en linguas_de userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS </snip>
You can't mix a Unicode-enabled dialog with a non-Unicode ncurses. Re-emerge ncurses with USE="unicode". *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 67524 ***