Re: [Tlf-devel] Bugs....cannot complete autoreconf

[Thomas Beierlein]

Thanks Bob,

I just made some testing by myself. In former mail I wrote that
ax_with_curses_panel should look for panel.h in different locations. 

It does NOT do that. I just moved the panel.h from ncurses.w/panel.h to
only panel.h and I get the same error as on your side. The macro stops
searching after the first failed test. 

Wrt to the libtinfo problem. That should be fixed with the new
ax_with_curses which uses pkg-config if available.

73, Tom



Am Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:42:40 -0700
schrieb w9ya <address@hidden>:

> Hey Ervin, Tom, and the gang;
> 
> re: the "discussion 72"
> 
> I've made SOME progress....AND I can clearly state that installing the
> libtinfo does NOT help by itself ! Nor does it help with any of the
> suggested changes in the "./configure ....." invocation. And yeah it
> is related to upstream issues with pkg-config and so forth.
> 
> so:
> 
> I have completed a successful test build of tlf-git by making it
> dependent on a new package called lib_tlf. SImple enough and this way
> I can get on with things.
> ** I have attached that to here.
> 
> notes:
> - I am not sure this is the best fix...as a test run of tlf
> looked/seemed odd....that could be due to not actually going through a
> normal/proper config or something more problematic. i.e. I do nit use
> tlf so I am not sure what to expect. (The video and colors seem fb.)
> i.e. ***** I need to compare versions a bit first, before I cna talk
> more completely about there being any other &/or remaining issues.
> 
> 
> tnxs fer the clues om's es vy 73 de bob w9ya
> 
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 8:31 AM, w9ya <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hey Ervin and the gang;
> >
> > Please hold off on installing Archlinux....(its a major amount of
> > work actually).
> >
> > I'd like to try the solution(s) in the link for "discussion 72"
> > first.
> >
> > Tnxs om's es vy 73 de bob w9ya
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:02 AM, Ervin Hegedüs <address@hidden>
> > wrote:  
> >> Hi Bob,
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:09:51PM -0700, w9ya wrote:  
> >>> Hey all;
> >>>
> >>> I *am* able to successfully compile and package v. 1.2.2 but
> >>> cannot compile either 1.2.3 or 1.2.4.5. (I didn't try any of the
> >>> releases between those two.)  
> >>
> >> interesting - there was an affected issue, which had been fixed
> >> by Thomas:
> >>
> >> https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/issues/72
> >>
> >> related commit:
> >> https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/commit/e4d9e86a8516de7d3416e9a190e9af229a1f6ecf
> >>
> >> but this was on 13rd of Dec, 2016. 1.2.3 had released on 16th of
> >> Jan, 2016.
> >>  
> >>> I am getting the code from the github repo in all cases
> >>>
> >>> To wit, here's that last few lines of where the PKGBUILD ( the
> >>> packaging "recipe" which is attached below).:
> >>>
> >>> "
> >>>  address@hidden tlf]$ tail tlf-1.2.3-1-x86_64-build.log
> >>> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.16... yes
> >>> checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... yes (version 2.50.2)
> >>> checking for NcursesW wide-character library... yes
> >>> checking for working ncursesw/curses.h... no
> >>> checking for working ncursesw.h... no
> >>> checking for working ncurses.h... yes
> >>> checking for Curses Panel library with ncursesw/panel.h... no
> >>> configure: error: the Curses Panel library is required  
> >>> ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().  
> >>>     Aborting...
> >>> address@hidden tlf]$
> >>> "
> >>>
> >>> *** Here's a few bits of additional info;
> >>>
> >>> address@hidden tlf]$ pacman -Qo /usr/include/panel.h
> >>> /usr/include/panel.h is owned by ncurses 6.0+20161224-1
> >>> address@hidden tlf]$  
> >>
> >> probably you're using ArchLinux - may be it's a new bug.
> >>  
> >>> SO....*If* I am reading the Changelog correctly this "bug" was
> >>> introduced on 15-dec-2015 .  
> >>
> >> may be you're close that the real problem. (the Changelog
> >> contains 2015-12-19, not 15 - but it doesn't matter...)
> >>  
> >>> Anyways, The comments in the code indicate that this *should NOT*
> >>> be a problem, so I am not exactly sure what is causing this.
> >>> (Then again I am writing this email prior to doing anything much
> >>> more than finding the problem.)  
> >>
> >> I'll try to install an ArchLinux to a VM, and try to reproduce
> >> your problem - I need some time...
> >>
> >>
> >> 73, Ervin
> >> HA2OS
> >>  



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