Re: trouble with run_tic.sh in ncurses 6.6.20260523

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At 2026-05-28T03:36:52-0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 12:13:09AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Is anyone else having the following problem with a "make install"?
>=20
> You might be running into a problem (which I've not seen for a while)
> when tic is installing into a database where the "use=3D" links have
> changed so that the inheritance flips the parent/child relationship
> around, so that it's trying to write a main entry where an alias
> exists.
>=20
> For that, I'd suggest saving off the existing database and recreating
> it.

If it helps, I'm using the (perhaps less often tested) hashed database
configuration.

In fact I'll just go ahead and attach the scripts I use to "remake
ncurses" after your weekly drops.

Regards,
Branden

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#!/bin/sh

# autoreconf-dickey -f -i

./configure \
	--prefix=$HOME/ncurses-HEAD \
	--with-abi-version=7 \
	--with-shared \
	--with-cxx-shared \
	--with-hashed-db \
	--with-manpage-format=normal \
	--with-termlib \
	--with-versioned-syms \
	--enable-opaque-curses \
	--enable-opaque-form \
	--enable-opaque-menu \
	--enable-opaque-panel \
	--with-pthread

#	--enable-widec \
#	--disable-widec \

#	--with-shlib-version=rel \
#	--with-ada-sharedlib \ "no GNAT project support"
#	--with-config-suffix=GBRINFIX \

#	--with-trace \

#	--enable-pc-files \
#	--with-pkg-config \
#	--with-pc-suffix=GBRSUFFIX \

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#!/bin/sh

#export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

make distclean
#CFLAGS=-g config-ncurses && make && make install && groan
CFLAGS=-g config-ncurses && make -j10 && make install && groan

# If gnatgcc has linking problems, try these commands.
#mkdir -p ~/ncurses-HEAD/lib && cp -v ./lib/libtinfotw.* ~/ncurses-HEAD/lib/
#make && make install && groan

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