On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 08:03:56PM +0300, Дилян Палаузов wrote: > Hello, > > I thought that compiling everything only for wide characters is a very good > idea. But ./configure for texinfo 7.2 prints > > config.status: creating po/Makefile > config.status: creating po_document/POTFILES > config.status: creating po_document/Makefile > configure: WARNING: Could not find a terminal library among tinfo ncurses > curses termlib termcap terminfo > configure: WARNING: The programs from `info' directory will not be built. > $ locate libtinfo > > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5.9 > /src/ncurses-6.1/lib/libtinfow.so > /src/ncurses-6.1/lib/libtinfow.so.6 > /src/ncurses-6.1/lib/libtinfow.so.6.1 > /usr/lib/libtinfow.so > /usr/lib/libtinfow.so.6 > /usr/lib/libtinfow.so.6.1 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/A/libtinfo.a > > The problem report is that texinfo does not utilize libinfow . > > Kind regards > Дилян
Can you explain what libinfow is and whether it provides the termcap interface that info uses? What are the differences among libinfow, libtinfow and/or libtinfo?
