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Clarify "can't open termcap database" item.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 25 Oct 2002 05:58:04 +0000
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1754 The fix is to install a newer version of ncurses, such as version 4.2. 1754 The fix is to install a newer version of ncurses, such as version 4.2.
1755 1755
1756 * Emacs does not start complaining that it cannot open termcap database file. 1756 * Emacs does not start complaining that it cannot open termcap database file.
1757 1757
1758 If your system uses Terminfo rather than termcap (most modern systems 1758 If your system uses Terminfo rather than termcap (most modern
1759 do), this could happen if you have an old version of ncurses 1759 systems do), this could happen if the proper version of
1760 installed, or if the newer version is not visible to the Emacs 1760 ncurses is not visible to the Emacs configure script (i.e. it
1761 configure script (i.e. it cannot be found along the usual path the 1761 cannot be found along the usual path the linker looks for
1762 linker looks for libraries). 1762 libraries). It can happen because your version of ncurses is
1763 1763 obsolete, or is available only in form of binaries.
1764 The solution is to install a newer version of ncurses, and make sure 1764
1765 the linker can find it. 1765 The solution is to install an up-to-date version of ncurses in
1766 the developer's form (header files, static libraries and
1767 symbolic links); in some GNU/Linux distributions (e.g. Debian)
1768 it constitutes a separate package.
1766 1769
1767 * Strange results from format %d in a few cases, on a Sun. 1770 * Strange results from format %d in a few cases, on a Sun.
1768 1771
1769 Sun compiler version SC3.0 has been found to miscompile part of 1772 Sun compiler version SC3.0 has been found to miscompile part of
1770 editfns.c. The workaround is to compile with some other compiler such 1773 editfns.c. The workaround is to compile with some other compiler such