Changeset 7b85e11 for chapter06/ncurses.xml

Timestamp:

09/11/2024 08:14:00 PM (8 days ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/mips64el

Children:

91c8848d

Parents:

5365c7a (diff), 75c9760 (diff)
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Message:

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/trunk' into xry111/mips64el

File:

• chapter06/ncurses.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter06/ncurses.xml

@@ -44 +44 @@
     <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
 
-    <para>First, ensure that <command>gawk</command> is found first during configuration:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i s/mawk// configure</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Then, run the following commands to build the <quote>tic</quote>
+    <para>First, run the following commands to build the <quote>tic</quote>
     program on the build host:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir build
 pushd build
-  ../configure
+  ../configure AWK=gawk
   make -C include
   make -C progs tic
@@ -70 +66 @@
             --without-debug              \
             --without-ada                \
-            --disable-stripping</userinput></screen>
+            --disable-stripping          \
+            AWK=gawk</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
@@ -132 +129 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-<!-- this is the default >= 6.5
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>- -enable-widec</parameter></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., <filename
-          class="libraryfile">libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>)
-          to be built instead of normal ones (e.g., <filename
-          class="libraryfile">libncurses.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>).
-          These wide-character libraries are usable in both multibyte and
-          traditional 8-bit locales, while normal libraries work properly
-          only in 8-bit locales. Wide-character and normal libraries are
-          source-compatible, but not binary-compatible.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
--->
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>AWK=gawk</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This switch prevents the building system from using the
+          <command>mawk</command> program from the host.
+          Some<!-- FIXME vauge --> versions of <command>mawk</command> can
+          cause this package to fail to build.  <!-- It seems happened in 2015,
+          is there any updated into? --></para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>