Package: libtinfo-dev Version: 5.9-2 Severity: wishlist Currently libncurses5-dev provides symlinks libtermcap.so -> libncurses.so and libtermcap.a -> libncurses.a .
I wonder whether it would be a good idea to instead provide symlinks in libtinfo-dev, i.e. libtermcap.so -> libtinfo.so and libtermcap.a -> libtinfo.a . This would probably fix a few FTBFS bugs like #644423 and also have the benefit that programs using -ltermcap don't get linked against libncurses5 unnecessarily. OTOH, there may be cases where packages inadvertently use -ltermcap where they really need (n)curses functionality, possibly introducing new FTBFS bugs. Opinions? -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-rc9-nouveau (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libtinfo-dev depends on: ii libtinfo5 5.9-2 libtinfo-dev recommends no packages. libtinfo-dev suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
