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Diffstat (limited to 'autogen')
| -rwxr-xr-x | autogen/configure | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/autogen/configure b/autogen/configure index e86db7a7362..8f50731f3f1 100755 --- a/autogen/configure +++ b/autogen/configure @@ -14349,6 +14349,8 @@ done # than to expect to find it in ncurses. # Also we need tputs and friends to be able to build at all. have_tputs_et_al=true +# Maybe curses should be tried earlier? +# See http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9736#35 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing tputs" >&5 $as_echo_n "checking for library containing tputs... " >&6; } if test "${ac_cv_search_tputs+set}" = set; then : @@ -14373,7 +14375,7 @@ return tputs (); return 0; } _ACEOF -for ac_lib in '' ncurses terminfo termcap; do +for ac_lib in '' ncurses terminfo termcap curses; do if test -z "$ac_lib"; then ac_res="none required" else @@ -14408,9 +14410,11 @@ else fi if test "$have_tputs_et_al" != true; then - as_fn_error "I couldn't find termcap functions (tputs and friends). -Maybe some development libraries/packages are missing? Try installing -libncurses-dev(el), libterminfo-dev(el) or similar." "$LINENO" 5 + as_fn_error "The required function \`tputs' was not found in any library. +These libraries were tried: libncurses, libterminfo, libtermcap, libcurses. +Please try installing whichever of these libraries is most appropriate +for your system, together with its header files. +For example, a libncurses-dev(el) or similar package." "$LINENO" 5 fi # Must define this when any termcap library is found. |