> > Using bash-4.4.18 > > Intel core i7 laptop running 32-bit or 64-bit linux Using gcc-8.2.0 > > > > The configure script does not find libncursesw on a system where > > only the wide version of ncurses exists - even when readine is linked > > against ncursesw. > > > I haven't seen a distro where ncursesw is installed without a link to ncurses. > Which distribution are you using? > The 64-bit version of tinycorelinux - all non-base packages are installed to /usr/local. Since ncursesw is now the default, I'm trying to compile against that.
> I could add a check for ncursesw, but that's the kind of thing the distro > usually does. > If ncursesw is now the default, maybe it would make sense to check for that rather than a symlink? > > The configure scripts does not find libreadline when it is compiled to > > /usr/local and when using the configure switch > > "--with-installed-readline=/usr/local" > > > I don't have any trouble finding readline in /usr/local/lib/libreadline.so > after > installing it, editing /etc/ld.so.conf, and running ldconfig. I tried with > readline-8.0-beta > and bash-5.0-beta, so at least it will be working when those hit release > status. > It appears that the readline check relies on the ncurses check being successful. If I configure without an ncurses symlink the check for readline fails. If I add an ncurses symlink the check for readline succeeds. checking for tgetent... no checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... no checking for tgetent in -ltinfo... no checking for tgetent in -lcurses... no checking for tgetent in -lncurses... no checking which library has the termcap functions... using gnutermcap checking version of installed readline library... configure: WARNING: Could not test version of installed readline library. configure: WARNING: installed readline library is too old to be linked with bash configure: WARNING: using private bash version configure:5194: result: no configure:5213: checking which library has the termcap functions configure:5216: result: using gnutermcap configure:5242: checking version of installed readline library configure:5296: gcc -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -mtune=generic -Os -pipe -o conftest -g -O2 -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security -I/usr/local/include -L./lib/termcap -L/usr/local/lib conftest.c -lreadline ./lib/termcap/libtermcap.a >&5 gcc: error: ./lib/termcap/libtermcap.a: No such file or directory $ cd /usr/local/lib $ sudo ln -s libncursesw.so.6.1 libncurses.so $ sudo ldconfig checking for tgetent... no checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... no checking for tgetent in -ltinfo... no checking for tgetent in -lcurses... no checking for tgetent in -lncurses... yes checking which library has the termcap functions... using libncurses checking version of installed readline library... 7.0
