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RE: Build script using gcc fails - missing ncurses?
- From: Fergus Daly <fergusd at frontier-science dot co dot uk>
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: Fergus Daly <fergusd at frontier-science dot co dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:02:12 +0000
- Subject: RE: Build script using gcc fails - missing ncurses?
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- References: <9D9AC45310887B40A7245734E850FBE1125BDCB1 at FS-MX02 dot frontier dot local>
> A build script I have used forever containing the line
> gcc -o execname ./{various.a} -lncurses
> has failed in a new installation today of Cygwin, with the error message
> ld: cannot find -lncurses
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> The installation script to build Cygwin has not altered, taking the form
> setup-x86 -P (list of packages}
> unchanged between <old installation, not more than 3 months old> and <new installation, today>
PS Adding ',ncurses' to {list of packages} has made no difference: still getting error message ".. cannot find -lncurses".
Fergus
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