Re: LYNX-DEV fatal error compiling ac-0.98 on Solaris2.6, gcc2.7.2.3

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> > > >> > /libwww.a -lcurses -ltermcap  -lnsl -lsocket -lbind
> > > >>             ^^^^^^^^
> > > >> with slang,  you don't need curses,  do you?
> > > >on solaris 2.6, yes - there's no real "termcap" library (that -ltermcap
> 
> Actually I just noticed that the problem is that the "--with-screen=slang"
> configure option does not seem to be working.  The output to screen says
> "checking for screen type... curses" despite the fact that I have the above
> option set.  It's not checking for the slang library or include files as
> it has in the past.  This is true with ac-0.98, and probably before, but
> like a dummy I erased ac-0.97 and can't go back.  I just never picked up
> on it before because I had working curses (good thing unpatched ncurses4.1
> is broken :).
well, I may have done something dumb also (will check), but it could be
a bad patch.
 
> __Henry
> 
> Anyway, I have a question, shouldn't I be linking with "-lslang" and not
> have either of "-lcurses" or "-ltermcap"?
> 


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