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<small>HHMMM Bob...</small><br>
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Bob Tenty wrote:
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<pre wrap="">It seems to be removed but Ubuntu 8.10 (what is a debian clone)
still has it in package libncurses5
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<small><small>Running now here is Ubuntu server 8.10, Puppy 4.0.0, and
Debian Etch.<br>
All Debian varieties.<br>
All have libncurses5 (and others), none have libtinfo.</small><br>
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<pre wrap="">The lib has to do with terminal info but no doubt provided by another
library in
"Etch"
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<small>I hear you about packaging, but it "ain't workin" here.<br>
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I should recompile
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<small>If it ain't broke -- don't fik it...<br>
What I'm working toward is a list of dependencies by distro.<br>
There has to be an straight answer / maybe not easy [like compile
from...].<br>
For some reason, the Fedora folks include it, maybe Slackware does too
[not there yet].<br>
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That is the risk mostly with dynamically linked compiles
73. Bob VE3TOK
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Thanks Bob & 73<br>
Skip<br>
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