Re: ncurses problem

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Angus March VE2UFP wrote:

> Hi. I've tried compiling the ncurses libraries, but I consistently come up
> with the error:
>
> /lib/libm.so.5: undefined reference to `__getfpucw'
> ../lib/.libs/libncurses++.so: undefined reference to `strstreambuf virtual
> table'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[1]: *** [demo] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ncurses-5.2/c++'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> This is even after I've applied all the patches right up until the one
> from last week. Is it my system, or yours? Mine uses Slackware 8.0 and is
> running a 2.4 kernel.

I think it's your system: my Slackware 8.0 with a 2.4 kernel compiles the
current ncurses just fine.  (The libm message is probably a place to start
looking).

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