From 10a763e5513a43b4ee5ed80c25327dc546e02f69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 05:58:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify "can't open termcap database" item. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 492bb05dfcc..8d2ade666fb 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1755,14 +1755,17 @@ The fix is to install a newer version of ncurses, such as version 4.2. * Emacs does not start complaining that it cannot open termcap database file. -If your system uses Terminfo rather than termcap (most modern systems -do), this could happen if you have an old version of ncurses -installed, or if the newer version is not visible to the Emacs -configure script (i.e. it cannot be found along the usual path the -linker looks for libraries). - -The solution is to install a newer version of ncurses, and make sure -the linker can find it. +If your system uses Terminfo rather than termcap (most modern +systems do), this could happen if the proper version of +ncurses is not visible to the Emacs configure script (i.e. it +cannot be found along the usual path the linker looks for +libraries). It can happen because your version of ncurses is +obsolete, or is available only in form of binaries. + +The solution is to install an up-to-date version of ncurses in +the developer's form (header files, static libraries and +symbolic links); in some GNU/Linux distributions (e.g. Debian) +it constitutes a separate package. * Strange results from format %d in a few cases, on a Sun. -- 2.39.2