Re: How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file generated by MKlib_gen.sh

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 02:58:48PM +0000, Peter Groves wrote:
> Hi Thomas
> 
> I seem to be cycling between the two error conditions i.e.
> 
> *       Perform a 'make clean'
> *       ./make_keys: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

you would get "Exec format error" if make_keys were compiled with
the cross-compiler.

(I'll take a look at the build-logs to see if I can spot a problem).

> *       Build again: ../ncurses/comp_captab.c:74:19: error: '_nc_cap_table' 
> undeclared
> Etc.
> 
> Regards.
> Peter
> 
> _____________________________________________
> From: Peter Groves
> Sent: 02 September 2024 14:39
> To: dickey@his.com
> Cc: bug-ncurses@gnu.org; Peter Groves <pgroves@miurasystems.com>
> Subject: RE: How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file generated by 
> MKlib_gen.sh
> 
> 
>  << File: build_020924_1150.tar.gz >>
> 
> Hi Thomas
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> 
> Yes, I compared the respective logfiles against the contents in 
> "Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/Makefile" and 
> "Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include/Makefile", to identify whether my 
> make files included the necessary steps.
> Following your suggestion, I ran a make clean and after rebuilding, these are 
> now being executed (as indicated in green below).
> Unfortunately, I'm now encountering the same error encountered previously 
> trying to run "make_keys" in 
> "Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses/Makefile":
> 
>       195 init_keytry.h: make_keys$(BUILD_EXEEXT) keys.list
>        196     ./make_keys keys.list > $@
> 
> I thought I had resolved this by setting "--with-build-cc=gcc" option in 
> ./Eagle-Ltib/dist/lfs-5.1/ncurses/ncurses.spec, to force the host compiler 
> rather than cross-compiling for the target, so I don't know why I'm seeing 
> this issue again. I'm assuming the manual "make clean" took out the previous 
> "init_keytry.h".
> 
> Attached please find my latest tarred logfile "build_020924_1150.log".
> 
>       + make -j1 'HOSTCC=ccache /usr/bin/gcc -B/usr/bin/'
>       cd man && make 
> DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncurses" all
>       make[1]: Entering directory 
> '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/man'
>       sh ./MKterminfo.sh ./terminfo.head ./../include/Caps ./terminfo.tail 
> >terminfo.5
>       make[1]: Leaving directory 
> '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/man'
>       cd include && make 
> DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncurses" all
>       make[1]: Entering directory 
> '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include'
>       cat curses.head >curses.h
>       AWK=mawk sh ./MKkey_defs.sh ./Caps >>curses.h
>       sh -c 'if test "chtype" = "cchar_t" ; then cat ./curses.wide >>curses.h 
> ; fi'
>       cat ./curses.tail >>curses.h
>       sh ./MKhashsize.sh ./Caps >hashsize.h
>       AWK=mawk sh ./MKncurses_def.sh ./ncurses_defs >ncurses_def.h
>       AWK=mawk sh ./MKparametrized.sh ./Caps >parametrized.h
>       mawk -f MKterm.h.awk ./Caps > term.h
>       sh ./edit_cfg.sh ../include/ncurses_cfg.h term.h
>       ** edit: HAVE_TCGETATTR 1
>       ** edit: HAVE_TERMIOS_H 1
>       ** edit: HAVE_TERMIO_H 1
>       ** edit: BROKEN_LINKER 0
>       make[1]: Leaving directory 
> '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include'
>       cd ncurses && make 
> DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncurses" all
>       make[1]: Entering directory 
> '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
>       sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. 
> -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG" "mawk" generated <../include/curses.h | 
> \
>           fgrep undef >../include/nomacros.h
>       mawk -f ./tinfo/MKnames.awk ./../include/Caps
>       cat namehdr boolnames boolfnames numnames numfnames strnames strfnames 
> nameftr >names.c
>       cat namehdr boolcodes numcodes strcodes codeftr >codes.c
>       rm -f namehdr nameftr codeftr boolnames boolfnames boolcodes numnames 
> numfnames numcodes strnames strfnames strcodes
>       gcc -o make_hash -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H 
> -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -DMAIN_PROGRAM 
> ./tinfo/comp_hash.c
>       sh ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk mawk ./../include/Caps > comp_captab.c
>       ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk: line 20: ./make_hash: cannot execute binary file: 
> Exec format error
>       ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk: line 21: ./make_hash: cannot execute binary file: 
> Exec format error
>       sh ./tty/MKexpanded.sh "gcc -E" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. 
> -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG > expanded.c
>       sh ./tinfo/MKfallback.sh /usr/share/terminfo ../misc/terminfo.src  
> >fallback.c
>       gcc -o make_keys -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H 
> -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 
> ./tinfo/make_keys.c
>       AWK=mawk sh ./tinfo/MKkeys_list.sh ../include/Caps | sort >keys.list
>       ./make_keys keys.list > init_keytry.h
>       /bin/sh: ./make_keys: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
>       make[1]: *** [Makefile:196: init_keytry.h] Error 126
>       make[1]: Leaving directory 
> '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
>       make: *** [Makefile:96: all] Error 2
>       error: Bad exit status from 
> /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.57237 (%build)
> 
> Regards.
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>
> Sent: 31 August 2024 23:55
> To: Peter Groves <pgroves@miurasystems.com>
> Cc: dickey@his.com; bug-ncurses@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file generated by 
> MKlib_gen.sh
> 
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 10:51:45AM +0000, Peter Groves wrote:
> > HI Thomas
> >
> > Thank you so much for your prompt response. Much appreciated.
> >
> > I should just mention that my build is on a VMWare Workstation 16 Player. 
> > The host version of awk is GNU Awk 5.0.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR 4.0.2, GNU MP 
> > 6.2.0).
> > I've included three logfiles,
> > - the first showing just the ncurses 5.3 package build error i.e. with
> > "--disable-client" set in bluez-5.65.spec
> > - the second with "--disable-client" removed, such that the logfile will 
> > also show the linker error for the bluez package build.
> > - the third with ncurses package 6.5 (using 5.3 spec file to begin with) - 
> > for some reason the "--with-build-cc=gcc" setting that worked for 5.3 
> > doesn't seem to work in this instance. Looking at 
> > https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#where_patches, it 
> > doesn't seem as 6.5 requires any patches.
> >
> >       checking for native build C compiler... gcc
> >       checking for native build C preprocessor... ${BUILD_CC} -E
> >       checking for native build C flags...
> >       checking for native build C preprocessor-flags...
> >       checking for native build linker-flags...
> >       checking for native build linker-libraries...
> >       checking if the build-compiler "gcc" works... no
> >       configure: error: Cross-build requires two compilers.
> >       Use --with-build-cc to specify the native compiler.
> >       error: Bad exit status from
> > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.95026
> > (%build)
> 
> something is missing in your build log - this chunk in my build:
> 
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/ncurses-5.3/include'
> cd ncurses && make 
> DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncurses" all 
> /tmp/ncurses-5.3/ncurses
> make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I.  -DNDEBUG 
> -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include" "mawk" generated <../include/curses.h | \
>         fgrep undef >../include/nomacros.h mawk -f ./tinfo/MKnames.awk 
> ./../include/Caps cat namehdr boolnames boolfnames numnames numfnames 
> strnames strfnames nameftr >names.c cat namehdr boolcodes numcodes strcodes 
> codeftr >codes.c rm -f namehdr nameftr codeftr boolnames boolfnames boolcodes 
> numnames numfnames numcodes strnames strfnames strcodes gcc -o make_hash 
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -O2  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I.  
> -DNDEBUG -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include -DMAIN_PROGRAM ./tinfo/comp_hash.c sh 
> ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk mawk ./../include/Caps > comp_captab.c sh 
> ./tty/MKexpanded.sh "gcc -E" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I.  -DNDEBUG 
> -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include > expanded.c sh ./tinfo/MKfallback.sh 
> /usr/share/terminfo ../misc/terminfo.src  >fallback.c gcc -o make_keys 
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -O2  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I.  
> -DNDEBUG -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include ./tinfo/make_keys.c AWK=mawk sh 
> ./tinfo/MKkeys_list.sh ../include/Caps | sort >keys.list ./make_keys 
> keys.list > init_keytry.h sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H 
> -I../ncurses -I.  -DNDEBUG -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include" "mawk" generated 
> <../include/curses.h >lib_gen.c mawk -f ./base/MKkeyname.awk keys.list > 
> lib_keyname.c sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. 
>  -DNDEBUG -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include" "mawk" implemented 
> <../include/curses.h >link_test.c echo | mawk -f ./base/MKunctrl.awk >unctrl.c
> 
> Presumably your build-tree is clean (if not, that's a problem), or the build 
> is using parallel make (but I don't see a "make -j4", etc).
> 
> >
> > Package extraction is not shown, as this would have occurred in earlier 
> > logs. I hope this will assist with regard to the ncurses build error.
> > Yes, the ncurses package is very old and would prefer to use a later
> > version of ncurses if I had more confidence in generating an appropriate 
> > spec file.
> >
> > Kind Regards.
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com<mailto:dickey@his.com>>
> > Sent: 30 August 2024 01:31
> > To: Peter Groves <pgroves@miurasystems.com<mailto:pgroves@miurasystems.com>>
> > Cc: bug-ncurses@gnu.org<mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org>
> > Subject: Re: How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file
> > generated by MKlib_gen.sh
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 12:36:44PM +0000, Peter Groves wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Stack Overflow issue "How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file 
> > > generated by 
> > > MKlib_gen.sh<https://stackoverflow.com/staging-ground/78924563>" refers.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your comment in directing me to your bug reporting portal - 
> > > please pardon my hesitation in terms of not having used this option. I 
> > > thought it might have seemed inappropriate as I believe the problem I am 
> > > facing is probably of my own making rather than a bug associated with the 
> > > ncurses software itself.
> > > Following your recommendation, I have therefore outlined the issue
> > > below, by including additional info which may be useful.
> > >
> > > Problem description
> > >
> > > I have been tasked with upgrading to bluez-5.65.tar.gz as part of a
> > > linux development build cross-compiled for a target
> > > arm-none-linux-gnueabi processor.  The build system uses the
> > > opensource Freescale GNU/Linux Target Image Builder (LTIB) tool.
> > > The build was simplified initially by dropping 'readline' with the
> > > --disable-client option in the bluez spec file however this comes at a 
> > > cost because 'bluetoothctl' is consequently also excluded.
> > > Reconfiguring to include 'readline' leads to dependencies on other
> > > packages and in particular a number of undefined references in the
> > > package bluez build (see attached), despite the readline package building 
> > > successfully.
> > >
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so:
> > >  undefined reference to `tputs'
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so:
> > >  undefined reference to `tgoto'
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so:
> > >  undefined reference to `tgetflag'
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so:
> > >  undefined reference to `UP'
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so:
> > >  undefined reference to `tgetent'
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so:
> > >  undefined reference to `tgetnum'
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so:
> > >  undefined reference to `PC'
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so:
> > >  undefined reference to `tgetstr'
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so:
> > >  undefined reference to `BC'
> > > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > make[1]: *** [Makefile:5401: client/bluetoothctl] Error 1
> > > make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > >
> > > Some investigation revealed that libtinfo installed as part of
> > > ncurses could resolve this.  A LTIB sample ncurses spec file is
> > > provided with reference to a very early version (see attached),
> > > namely, ncurses-5.3.tar.gz.  This was downloaded from the ncurses
> > > website
> > > https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#other_versions
> > > , along with the associated path file patch-5.3-5.4.sh.gz located
> > > here
> > > https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#where_patches.
> > > I was able to apply the patches successfully using the example
> > > provided on the website as a reference.  It would doubtless be
> > > prudent to consider using a later version of ncurses except for the
> > > fact that I'm not very confident of deriving a corresponding spec file.
> >
> > ncurses 5.3 is more than 20 years old.
> >
> > Actually in a quick check, I can compile it on this (Debian/oldstable) 
> > machine.  Some versions of gcc won't do that -- but that would be reflected 
> > in other parts of the build.
> >
> > > For the moment I have disabled PKG_LIBTERMCAP, though may need to
> > > revert this setting at some stage.
> >
> > The spec file (better, a pointer to where it can be inspected) would help 
> > to see if that's needed.
> >
> > > config PKG_NCURSES
> > >     #select PKG_LIBTERMCAP
> > >     bool "ncurses"
> > >     help
> > >       The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
> > >       updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses
> > >       (new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the
> > >       discontinued 4.4BSD classic curses library.
> > >
> > > The build for ncurses initially generated the following error, which
> > > I resolved by setting "--with-build-cc=gcc" in the ncurses spec
> > > file, to ensure that the 'make_keys' is compiled using the host
> > > compiler rather than being cross-compiled for the target.  A similar 
> > > issue was raised here:
> > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2002-10/msg00091.html
> > >
> > > gcc -o make_hash -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2
> > > -DMAIN_PROGRAM ./tinfo/comp_hash.c sh ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk mawk
> > > ./../include/Caps > comp_captab.c
> > > ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk: line 20: ./make_hash: cannot execute binary
> > > file: Exec format error
> > > ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk: line 21: ./make_hash: cannot execute binary
> > > file: Exec format error sh ./tty/MKexpanded.sh "gcc -E"
> > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE
> > > -DNDEBUG > expanded.c sh ./tinfo/MKfallback.sh /usr/share/terminfo
> > > ../misc/terminfo.src  >fallback.c gcc -o make_keys -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 ./tinfo/make_keys.c AWK=mawk sh
> > > ./tinfo/MKkeys_list.sh ../include/Caps | sort >keys.list ./make_keys
> > > keys.list > init_keytry.h
> > > /bin/sh: ./make_keys: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
> > > make[1]: *** [Makefile:196: init_keytry.h] Error 126
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory 
> > > '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> > > make: *** [Makefile:96: all] Error 2
> > > error: Bad exit status from
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.6585
> > > 2
> > > (%build)
> > >
> > > The build for ncurses generates the following error (see attached)
> > > in the source file ../ncurses/comp_captab.c, which is in fact
> > > generated by the ncurses script MKlib_gen.sh.
> >
> > no - ncurses/tinfo/MKcaptab.sh - which uses awk.
> >
> > > + make -j1 'HOSTCC=ccache /usr/bin/gcc -B/usr/bin/'
> > > cd man && make
> > > DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncu
> > > rs
> > > es" all
> > > make[1]: Entering directory 
> > > '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/man'
> > > sh ./MKterminfo.sh ./terminfo.head ./../include/Caps ./terminfo.tail
> > > >terminfo.5
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory 
> > > '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/man'
> > > cd include && make
> > > DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncu
> > > rs
> > > es" all
> > > make[1]: Entering directory 
> > > '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include'
> > > cat curses.head >curses.h
> > > AWK=mawk sh ./MKkey_defs.sh ./Caps >>curses.h sh -c 'if test "chtype"
> > > = "cchar_t" ; then cat ./curses.wide >>curses.h ; fi'
> > > cat ./curses.tail >>curses.h
> > > mawk -f MKterm.h.awk ./Caps > term.h sh ./edit_cfg.sh
> > > ../include/ncurses_cfg.h term.h
> > > ** edit: HAVE_TCGETATTR 1
> > > ** edit: HAVE_TERMIOS_H 1
> > > ** edit: HAVE_TERMIO_H 1
> > > ** edit: BROKEN_LINKER 0
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory 
> > > '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include'
> > > cd ncurses && make
> > > DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncu
> > > rs
> > > es" all
> > > make[1]: Entering directory 
> > > '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> > > sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. 
> > > -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG" "mawk" generated 
> > > <../include/curses.h | \
> > >     fgrep undef >../include/nomacros.h sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc
> > > -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE
> > > -DNDEBUG" "mawk" generated <../include/curses.h >lib_gen.c sh
> > > ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I.
> > > -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG" "mawk" implemented
> > > <../include/curses.h >link_test.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./tty/hashmap.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_beep.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_color.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_endwin.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_flash.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/lib_gen.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_getstr.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_mouse.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./tty/lib_mvcur.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_newterm.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_restart.c cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC
> > > -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_screen.c
> > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_screen.c: In function 'getwin':
> > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_screen.c:48:5: warning: ignoring return value of 
> > > 'fread', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
> > >      (void) fread(&tmp, sizeof(WINDOW), 1, filep);
> > >      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_screen.c:95:6: warning: ignoring return value of 
> > > 'fread', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
> > >       (void) fread(nwin->_line[n].text,
> > >       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >      sizeof(NCURSES_CH_T),
> > >      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >      (size_t) (nwin->_maxx + 1),
> > >      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >      filep);
> > >      ~~~~~~
> > > cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_set_term.c
> > > cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_slk.c cd
> > > ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_slkrefr.c
> > > cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./tty/lib_vidattr.c
> > > cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./tty/tty_update.c cd
> > > ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_dft_fgbg.c
> > > cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./tinfo/lib_print.c
> > > cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./base/resizeterm.c
> > > cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./base/wresize.c cd
> > > ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./tinfo/alloc_entry.c
> > > cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./tinfo/alloc_ttype.c
> > > cd ../obj_s;  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/comp_captab.c
> > > ../ncurses/comp_captab.c: In function '_nc_get_table':
> > > ../ncurses/comp_captab.c:74:19: error: '_nc_cap_table' undeclared (first 
> > > use in this function)
> > >   return termcap ? _nc_cap_table: _nc_info_table ;
> > >                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > ../ncurses/comp_captab.c:74:19: note: each undeclared identifier is
> > > reported only once for each function it appears in
> > > ../ncurses/comp_captab.c:74:34: error: '_nc_info_table' undeclared (first 
> > > use in this function)
> > >   return termcap ? _nc_cap_table: _nc_info_table ;
> > >                                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > The generated source should have those names.  Perhaps your build
> > machine doesn't have awk (though that seems unlikely).  Attaching what
> > I built just now for that, and lib_gen.c
> >
> > If I had the complete build logs, I might see the problem.
> > I prefer having a compressed tar file of the logs, as an attachment.
> >
> > https://invisible-island.net/personal/bug-reports.html
> >
> > > make[1]: *** [Makefile:974: ../obj_s/comp_captab.o] Error 1
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory 
> > > '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> > > make: *** [Makefile:96: all] Error 2
> > > error: Bad exit status from
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.4877
> > > 0
> > > (%build) ` To summarize, I was expecting ncurses to build
> > > successfully, hopefully to resolve my linker error associated with
> > > the
> > > bluez-5.65 package.  I wasn't expecting the build to fail for a file 
> > > generated by the ncurses script.
> > > How may I resolve this issue please?  I do anticipate further
> > > ncurses package dependencies that may still be required in order to
> > > ultimately generate a 'bluetoolctl' executable file.
> >
> > --
> > Thomas E. Dickey 
> > <dickey@invisible-island.net<mailto:dickey@invisible-island.net>>
> > https://invisible-island.net
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Thomas E. Dickey 
> <dickey@invisible-island.net<mailto:dickey@invisible-island.net>> 
> https://invisible-island.net
> 

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https://invisible-island.net

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