Re: ncurses Ubuntu 64bit

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 07:30:44PM -0300, tjareson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> are there any special configurations or settings to consider, when
> compiling ncurses and forms in a 64 bit environment? Or any known
> pitfalls?
> 
> I've tried to compile an application which uses forms (also using
> wide characters) which compiles and runs without any problem in an
> Ubuntu 32bit evironment.
> 
> When I compile and run exactly the same setup (ncurses 5.9) on the
> Ubuntu 64bit environment, the application causes a segmentation
> fault, whenever a character is typed into a forms field.
> When I switch between fields with cursor keys everything work, only
> when the formsdriver get called with a character the thing crashes.
> 
> Has anyone hints for me, where I should have a look into?

valgrind helps...

If I had a simple program which demonstrates the problem, I'd plug it
into a build of ncurses as one of the test-programs, with debugging
enabled, and use valgrind to pinpoint the problem.

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