Subj : fmail on gentoo fails with ncurses 6.4 but works slackware ncurses 6.3
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Benny Pedersen
Date : Wed Jul 24 2024 03:01 am

Hello Maurice!

24 Jul 2024 01:45, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:

 BP>> make symlink from /lib64 to /lib ?

 MK> In your case also make symlink from /usr/lib64 to /usr/lib.

will try

 MK> When you build glibc there is a configure parameter 
 MK> 'libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib' which if deployed will not require the 
 MK> symlink /usr/lib but will still require the /lib64 to /lib symlink.  
 MK> However since you are using gentoo's configuration you'll probably 
 MK> want to stick with their configurations and the two symlinks will take 
 MK> care of sources that look to /lib and /usr/lib.

https://bugs.gentoo.org/4411

dont know if it solved yet :/

ncurses 6.5 is hardmasked in gentoo currently

so lets solve fmail without break gentoo :)


 Regards Benny

.... too late to die young :)

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