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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-tools-ncurses" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>ncurses</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&ncurses-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&ncurses-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-tools-ncurses">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary>
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21 | <secondary>tools</secondary>
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22 | </indexterm>
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23 |
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24 | <sect2 role="package">
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25 | <title/>
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26 |
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27 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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28 | href="../chapter08/ncurses.xml"
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29 | xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>
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30 |
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31 | <segmentedlist>
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32 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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33 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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34 |
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35 | <seglistitem>
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36 | <seg>&ncurses-tmp-sbu;</seg>
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37 | <seg>&ncurses-tmp-du;</seg>
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38 | </seglistitem>
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39 | </segmentedlist>
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40 |
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41 | </sect2>
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42 |
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43 | <sect2 role="installation">
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44 | <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
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45 |
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46 | <para>First, run the following commands to build the <quote>tic</quote>
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47 | program on the build host:</para>
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48 |
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49 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir build
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50 | pushd build
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51 | ../configure AWK=gawk
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52 | make -C include
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53 | make -C progs tic
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54 | popd</userinput></screen>
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55 |
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56 | <para>Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
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57 |
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58 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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59 | --host=$LFS_TGT \
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60 | --build=$(./config.guess) \
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61 | --mandir=/usr/share/man \
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62 | --with-manpage-format=normal \
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63 | --with-shared \
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64 | --without-normal \
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65 | --with-cxx-shared \
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66 | --without-debug \
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67 | --without-ada \
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68 | --disable-stripping \
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69 | AWK=gawk</userinput></screen>
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70 |
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71 | <variablelist>
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72 | <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
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73 |
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74 | <varlistentry>
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75 | <term><parameter>--with-manpage-format=normal</parameter></term>
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <para>This prevents Ncurses from installing compressed manual
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78 | pages, which may happen if the host distribution itself
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79 | has compressed manual pages.</para>
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80 | </listitem>
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81 | </varlistentry>
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82 |
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83 | <varlistentry>
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84 | <term><parameter>--with-shared</parameter></term>
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85 | <listitem>
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86 | <para>This makes Ncurses build and install shared C libraries.</para>
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87 | </listitem>
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88 | </varlistentry>
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89 |
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90 | <varlistentry>
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91 | <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term>
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92 | <listitem>
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93 | <para>This prevents Ncurses from building and installing static C
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94 | libraries.</para>
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95 | </listitem>
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96 | </varlistentry>
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97 |
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98 | <varlistentry>
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99 | <term><parameter>--without-debug</parameter></term>
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100 | <listitem>
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101 | <para>This prevents Ncurses from building and installing debug
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102 | libraries.</para>
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103 | </listitem>
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104 | </varlistentry>
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105 |
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106 | <varlistentry>
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107 | <term><parameter>--with-cxx-shared</parameter></term>
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108 | <listitem>
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109 | <para>This makes Ncurses build and install shared C++ bindings. It
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110 | also prevents it building and installing static C++ bindings.</para>
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111 | </listitem>
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112 | </varlistentry>
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113 |
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114 | <varlistentry>
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115 | <term><parameter>--without-ada</parameter></term>
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116 | <listitem>
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117 | <para>This ensures that Ncurses does not build support for the Ada
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118 | compiler, which may be present on the host but will not be available
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119 | once we enter the <command>chroot</command> environment.</para>
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120 | </listitem>
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121 | </varlistentry>
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122 |
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123 | <varlistentry>
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124 | <term><parameter>--disable-stripping</parameter></term>
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125 | <listitem>
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126 | <para>This switch prevents the building system from
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127 | using the <command>strip</command> program from the host.
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128 | Using host tools on cross-compiled programs can cause failure.</para>
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129 | </listitem>
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130 | </varlistentry>
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131 |
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132 | <varlistentry>
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133 | <term><parameter>AWK=gawk</parameter></term>
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134 | <listitem>
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135 | <para>This switch prevents the building system from using the
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136 | <command>mawk</command> program from the host.
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137 | Some<!-- FIXME vauge --> versions of <command>mawk</command> can
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138 | cause this package to fail to build. <!-- It seems happened in 2015,
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139 | is there any updated into? --></para>
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140 | </listitem>
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141 | </varlistentry>
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142 | </variablelist>
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143 |
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144 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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145 |
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146 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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147 |
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148 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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149 |
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150 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$LFS TIC_PATH=$(pwd)/build/progs/tic install
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151 | ln -sv libncursesw.so $LFS/usr/lib/libncurses.so
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152 | sed -e 's/^#if.*XOPEN.*$/#if 1/' \
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153 | -i $LFS/usr/include/curses.h</userinput></screen>
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154 | <!--
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155 | <para>Remove an unneeded static library not handled by
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156 | <command>configure</command>:</para>
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157 |
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158 | <screen><userinput remap="install">rm -v $LFS/usr/lib/libncurses++w.a</userinput></screen>
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159 | -->
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160 | <variablelist>
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161 | <title>The meaning of the install options:</title>
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162 |
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163 | <varlistentry>
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164 | <term><parameter>TIC_PATH=$(pwd)/build/progs/tic</parameter></term>
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165 | <listitem>
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166 | <para>We need to pass the path of the newly built
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167 | <command>tic</command> program that runs on the building machine, so
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168 | the terminal database can be created without errors.</para>
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169 | </listitem>
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170 | </varlistentry>
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171 |
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172 | <varlistentry>
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173 | <term><command>ln -sv libncursesw.so $LFS/usr/lib/libncurses.so</command></term>
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174 | <listitem>
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175 | <para>The <filename>libncurses.so</filename> library is needed by
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176 | a few packages we will build soon. We create this symlink to use
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177 | <filename>libncursesw.so</filename> as a replacement.</para>
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178 | </listitem>
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179 | </varlistentry>
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180 |
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181 | <varlistentry>
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182 | <term><command>sed -e 's/^#if.*XOPEN.*$/#if 1/' ...</command></term>
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183 | <listitem>
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184 | <para>The header file <filename>curses.h</filename> contains
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185 | the definition of various Ncurses data structures. With different
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186 | preprocessor macro definitions two different sets of the data
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187 | structure definition may be used: the 8-bit definition is
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188 | compatible with <filename>libncurses.so</filename> and the
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189 | wide-character definition is compatible with
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190 | <filename>libncursesw.so</filename>. Since we are using
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191 | <filename>libncursesw.so</filename> as a replacement of
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192 | <filename>libncurses.so</filename>, edit the header file so it
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193 | will always use the wide-character data structure definition
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194 | compatible with <filename>libncursesw.so</filename>.</para>
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195 | </listitem>
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196 | </varlistentry>
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197 |
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198 | </variablelist>
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199 |
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200 | </sect2>
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201 |
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202 | <sect2 role="content">
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203 | <title/>
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204 |
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205 | <para>Details on this package are located in
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206 | <xref linkend="contents-ncurses" role="."/></para>
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207 |
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208 | </sect2>
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209 |
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210 | </sect1>
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