updated for version 7.3.117
Problem: On some systems --as-needed does not work, because the "tinfo"
library is included indirectly from "ncurses". (Charles Campbell)
Solution: In configure prefer using "tinfo" instead of "ncurses".
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 7b5e08f..815d0e8 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -2618,13 +2618,14 @@
AC_MSG_RESULT([empty: automatic terminal library selection])
dnl On HP-UX 10.10 termcap or termlib should be used instead of
dnl curses, because curses is much slower.
- dnl Newer versions of ncurses are preferred over anything.
+ dnl Newer versions of ncurses are preferred over anything, except
+ dnl when tinfo has been split off, it conains all we need.
dnl Older versions of ncurses have bugs, get a new one!
dnl Digital Unix (OSF1) should use curses (Ronald Schild).
dnl On SCO Openserver should prefer termlib (Roger Cornelius).
case "`uname -s 2>/dev/null`" in
- OSF1|SCO_SV) tlibs="ncurses curses termlib termcap";;
- *) tlibs="ncurses termlib termcap curses";;
+ OSF1|SCO_SV) tlibs="tinfo ncurses curses termlib termcap";;
+ *) tlibs="tinfo ncurses termlib termcap curses";;
esac
for libname in $tlibs; do
AC_CHECK_LIB(${libname}, tgetent,,)