Re: mutt on macOS and --with-curses=DIR

On Fri, Apr 03, 2026 at 12:00:27PM +0200, Dennis Preiser wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 03, 2026 at 05:25:10PM +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
>> If you don't mind, would you try compiling from the git 'stable' branch, but
>> changing the check above on line 336 to reverse the order:
>>
>>         for lib in ncursesw ncurses
>>         do
>>                 AC_CHECK_LIB($lib, waddnwstr, [cf_ncurses="$lib"; break])
>>         done
>
>Yes, I can confirm that it works that way.

Okay so at least there is an explanation.

The only question is... why didn't your installation of ncursesw at 
least create stubs for ncurses too?  Most ncursesw installs will create 
ncurses.so symlinks or files containing something like 
"INPUT(-lncursesw)" to point to the ncursesw so files.

I have to think a bit before swapping the order for everyone.  Can 
anyone think of a downside?

-- 
Kevin J. McCarthy
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