[gentoo-user] Re: Missing libtermcap.a

[Grant Edwards]

On 2016-07-09, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
> I've got termcap-compat installed, but I seem to be missing libtermcap.a:
>
>     $ equery files libtermcap-compat | grep lib
>     /usr/lib
>     /usr/lib/debug
>     /usr/lib/debug/usr
>     /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib64
>     /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib64/libtermcap.so.2.0.8.debug
>     /usr/lib64
>     /usr/lib64/libtermcap.so.2
>     /usr/lib64/libtermcap.so.2.0.8
>     /usr/share/doc/libtermcap-compat-2.0.8-r3
>     /usr/share/doc/libtermcap-compat-2.0.8-r3/ChangeLog.bz2
>     /usr/share/doc/libtermcap-compat-2.0.8-r3/README.bz2
>
> The ebuild for libtermcap-compat doesn't seem to pay attention to any
> USE flags.  How do I get libtermcap.a installed?

Even though the build fails with the message "can't find termcap
library", digging deeper I find that the auto-configure script
couldn't find a static library that contained the symbol tgetent.
That failure triggers the message "can't find the termcap library".

However, I suspect the problem is that ncurses isn't installing static
libraries (and there _is_ a USE flag for that).  I've reinstalled
ncurses with static libs enabled, so now there is a libncurses.a that
provides tgetent.  Hopefully ncurses is what the auto conifgure script
refers to as "the termcap libary".  [One is hopefully forgiven for
thinking it meant libtermcap...]

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