On Fri, May 15, 1998 at 03:19:01PM -0400, dave oswald wrote: > need Libtermcap.so.2
Package: termcap-compat Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 565 Maintainer: Christian Hudon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.1.1 Replaces: libtermcap Depends: libc5 (>= 5.4.0-0) Conflicts: libtermcap Filename: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/admin/termcap-compat_1.1.1.deb Size: 191930 MD5sum: 34cdacc19f9d700353fd5b2d64687938 Description: Compatibility package for old termcap-based programs. The termcap-compat package provides the libtermcap.so.2 and /etc/termcap files which are required to run non-Debian, binary-only termcap-based programs. Since libc6-based programs are hopefully "modern" enough to be linked with ncurses (or slang), this package only provides a libc5-based libtermcap library. . You do not need to install this package to run Debian-packaged programs since Debian GNU/Linux uses terminfo and not termcap. You need this package if a program (that you cannot recompile) fails to run with the error message "...: can't load library 'libtermcap.so.2'" or complains about a missing /etc/termcap file. . The termcap-compat package isn't meant to be used to compile programs therefore it doesn't provide all the necesary files for compilation. If you want to compile a program that claims to need termcap, why not try ncurses's termcap emulation instead? It's as simple as linking with ncurses instead of libtermcap (i.e. replace the '-ltermcap' with '-lncurses' in the makefile). Ncurses' termcap emulation routines translate terminfo entries to termcap entries on the fly, so you don't even need an /etc/termcap file. . This package provides: libtermcap.so shared library, version 2.0.8 termcap database, version 9.13.25 > Please resond to [EMAIL PROTECTED], in addition to the list. Please use the Reply-To header to specify an alternate reply address. HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
