Re: trouble with run_tic.sh in ncurses 6.6.20260523

Thomas Dickey <[email protected]> Thu, 28 May 2026 04:22:20 -0400
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On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 02:46:36AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> 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.
>=20
> If it helps, I'm using the (perhaps less often tested) hashed database
> configuration.

thanks (I test that when I compile on *BSD's, but haven't since mid-April).
=20
> In fact I'll just go ahead and attach the scripts I use to "remake
> ncurses" after your weekly drops.

will see if I can spot a problem :-)
=20
> Regards,
> Branden

> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> # autoreconf-dickey -f -i
>=20
> ./configure \
> 	--prefix=3D$HOME/ncurses-HEAD \
> 	--with-abi-version=3D7 \
> 	--with-shared \
> 	--with-cxx-shared \
> 	--with-hashed-db \
> 	--with-manpage-format=3Dnormal \
> 	--with-termlib \
> 	--with-versioned-syms \
> 	--enable-opaque-curses \
> 	--enable-opaque-form \
> 	--enable-opaque-menu \
> 	--enable-opaque-panel \
> 	--with-pthread
>=20
> #	--enable-widec \
> #	--disable-widec \
>=20
> #	--with-shlib-version=3Drel \
> #	--with-ada-sharedlib \ "no GNAT project support"
> #	--with-config-suffix=3DGBRINFIX \
>=20
> #	--with-trace \
>=20
> #	--enable-pc-files \
> #	--with-pkg-config \
> #	--with-pc-suffix=3DGBRSUFFIX \





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Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
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