ncurses is a package that provides character and terminal handling libraries, including 'gui-like' panels and menus. It is often used instead of termcap.
[[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-3 ]] As the current ncurses distribution now provides libncurses9, this is a backwards-compatibility update for existing applications that rely on libncurses8. In addition, because the on-disk terminfo database layout (but not file format) expected by libncurses9 differs from that used by libncurses8, a new package containing a libncurses8-compatible version of the terminfo compiler, tic, has been added to the distribution. This version of tic is statically linked against libncurses8, and is renamed 'tic0' so as not to conflict with the newer, libncurses9-dependent version. This is a cygwin-1.5-specific package. There may (or may not) be one final, additional update of this legacy libncurses8 package, but it isn't likely. CHANGES since 5.5-3: ======================== o Build using stock cygport-0.9.4 o Reformulate packaging and build procedure specifically for this "dll-only" backwards-compatibility package. o Link utility programs statically (but only ship tic.exe, renamed to tic0.exe). o Change dependency to terminfo0, the backwards-compatible version of the terminfo database. -- Charles Wilson ncurses volunteer maintainer for cygwin ==================================================================== To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain....@cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at the above URL. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
