FS#11015 - Apply the upstream patches to the ncurses package
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Arch Linux
Opened by Greg (dolby) - Sunday, 27 July 2008, 10:12 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Friday, 22 August 2008, 02:44 GMT
Opened by Greg (dolby) - Sunday, 27 July 2008, 10:12 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Friday, 22 August 2008, 02:44 GMT
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Description: Latest ncurses version was released in late
2006. Since then the application has been updating with
frequent patches. eg Like bash or vim gets updated. A
summary of the patches can be found on
http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.gz
while the patches themselves on
ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.6/
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I am not 100% sure but i think that the lack of those patches might be one of the reasons our ncurses dont operate 100% well. Or it seems like it. Additional info can be found at http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html |
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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Friday, 22 August 2008, 02:44 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing: See final comment
Friday, 22 August 2008, 02:44 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing: See final comment
I will apply the coverity patch.