On Sun, 28 Aug 2011, Julian Taylor wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> libncurses.so.5 is a link to libtermcap. libtermcap.so is a linker
> script linking back to libncurses.so.5
>
> $ ll /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2011-08-18 19:24 /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 ->
> libtermcap.so
that's always incorrect (the reverse can be usable)
> $ cat /usr/lib/libtermcap.so
> INPUT(libncurses.so.5 -ltinfo)
>
> This creates problems when linking:
>
> //compile with gcc file -lncurses
> char use_default_colors ();
> int
> main ()
> {
> return use_default_colors ();
> }
> gcc file -lncurses
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot open linker script file
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4..6.1/../../../../lib/libncurses.so.5: Too
> many open files
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: libncurses5 5.9-1ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sun Aug 28 22:25:01 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110805)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ncurses
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> ** Affects: ncurses (Ubuntu)
> Importance: High
> Status: Confirmed
>
>
> ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity
>
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> Title:
> cycle between ncurses/termcap linker scripts
>
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