patch versions [Was: Re: color in subwindows]

[D. Stimits]

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> the key, as on the older one it has this:
> #undef mvprintw
> int     mvprintw(
>                 int     y,
>                 int     x,
>                 char    *fmt,
>                 ...)
>                 { return(*(int *)0); }
>
> On this older one it removes the const version and puts non-const back
> in. I guess what I need is a new rpm based on all of the patches that
> have been out since 5.3, rather than one based on only part of the 
> patches.


I'm digging in to the RPM spec file, from which there is this excerpt 
for patches:
<EXCERPT>
Name: ncurses
Version: 5.3
%define PATCHDATE 20021231
Release: 4
License: distributable
Group: System Environment/Libraries
URL: http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/ncurses.html
Source0: ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses/ncurses-5.3.tar.bz2
Source2: ncurses-linux
Source3: ncurses-linux-m
Source4: ncurses-resetall.sh
Patch1: ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses/5.3/patch-5.3-%{PATCHDATE}.sh.gz
Patch2: ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses/5.3/ncurses-5.3-20030105.patch.gz
Patch3: ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses/5.3/ncurses-5.3-20030111.patch.gz
Patch4: ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses/5.3/ncurses-5.3-20030118.patch.gz
Patch11: ncurses-5.2-rxvt.patch
Patch12: ncurses-5.2-nocbt.patch
Patch13: ncurses-5.3-autoconf25.patch
Patch14: ncurses-5.3-20030131-terminfo.patch
...
zcat %{PATCH1} |sh
%patch2 -p1
%patch3 -p1
%patch4 -p1
%patch13 -p1 -b .ac25
%patch14 -p1 -b .rh
</EXCERPT>

My knowledge of rpm internals is very limited, but it seems that in the 
above ftp URL references that the rollup patch-5.3-20021231.sh is being 
used, followed by three other patches from 2003. However, when I go to 
the ftp URL, those patches (beyond the rollup patch named above) are not 
available. Were patches 20030105, 200030111, and 20030118 replaced with 
other patches? I see several ncurses-5.3-2003xxxx patches, and some 
patch-5.3-2003xxxx.sh patches, which are more current.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi DOT com