Source: fbterm Version: 1.7-5 Tags: ftbfs If ncurses is configured with "--disable-root-env", fbterm FTBFS. The reason is that with that option ncurses programs ignore the TERMINFO variable when run as root, or even under fakeroot. From my build log:
,---- | TERMINFO=/tmp/fbterm-1.7/debian/fbterm/usr/share/terminfo tic fbterm | "fbterm", line 2, terminal 'fbterm': /etc/terminfo/f: permission denied | make[3]: *** [Makefile:424: install-data-local] Error 1 | make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/fbterm-1.7/terminfo' | make[2]: *** [Makefile:317: install-am] Error 2 | make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/fbterm-1.7/terminfo' | make[1]: *** [Makefile:378: install-recursive] Error 1 | make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/fbterm-1.7' | dh_auto_install: error: make -j2 install DESTDIR=/tmp/fbterm-1.7/debian/fbterm AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR=no returned exit code 2 | make: *** [debian/rules:4: binary] Error 25 `---- For the reasons why I am considering the "--disable-root-env" option in ncurses, see #1034372. -- System Information: Debian Release: 12.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)