From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Perry Smith <pedzsan@gmail.com>, 9736@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9736: Configure error for emacs-24.0.90 with AIX 5.3
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:40:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yxqvcruf6qn.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4f62jucgox.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:34:06 -0400")
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> The error message says:
>
> I couldn't find termcap functions (tputs and friends). Maybe some
> development libraries/packages are missing? Try installing
> libncurses-dev(el), libterminfo-dev(el) or similar.
>
> (I think the wording could be improved a bit.)
>
> configure checks for the tputs function in any of libncurses,
> libterminfo, and libtermcap. Your system does not seem to have any of
> them:
>
> collect2: library libncurses not found
> collect2: library libterminfo not found
> collect2: library libtermcap not found
>
> Please try either installing one of these libraries and its header
> files, or if they are already installed explicitly telling configure
> where they are; eg:
>
> CFLAGS=-I/path/to/terminfo/include LDFLAGS=-L/path/to/terminfo/lib ./configure
I think the configure test is incorrect.
For example on Solaris this would find libtermcap, where previous emacs
version would use libcurses, which would be the better option.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-12 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-12 13:18 bug#9736: Configure error for emacs-24.0.90 with AIX 5.3 Perry Smith
2011-10-12 16:34 ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-12 17:40 ` Dan Nicolaescu [this message]
2011-10-12 17:46 ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-12 17:49 ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-12 18:09 ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-12 18:16 ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-12 18:37 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2011-10-12 18:52 ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-12 19:07 ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-12 20:18 ` Perry Smith
2011-10-13 2:18 ` Glenn Morris
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