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

On Fri, Apr 03, 2026 at 06:11:38PM +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> 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'm trying to figure that out.

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

I wouldn't just reverse the order. If someone has a system-wide
"ncursesw", that would always take precedence. I think that with
"--with-curses=DIR", that "DIR" should be searched first.

Dennis