From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29843 invoked by alias); 7 Mar 2009 10:01:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 2025 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Mar 2009 04:00:37 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: Charles Wilson Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:01:00 -0000 Subject: Updated: {ncurses/libncurses9/libncurses-devel/ncurses-demo}-5.7-4 To: cygwin-announce@cygwin.com Message-Id: <20090307040023.B1B8E3B9FB@heartbeat2.messagingengine.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-announce-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-announce-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin Mailing List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-announce@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-03/txt/msg00025.txt.bz2 ncurses is a package that provides character and terminal handling libraries, including 'gui-like' panels and menus. It is often used instead of termcap. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] If all goes as planned (famous last words) this will most likely be the final ncurses update for the cygwin-1.5 distribution; future development will continue with ncurses-5.7-13 for cygwin-1.7. CHANGES since 5.7-3 ======================== o Recompile to fix a linker error with libtic DLL. Only known external client affected: tack.exe which has also been upgraded. CHANGES since 5.7-2: ======================== o No longer build using --with-termlib; removed cygtinfo-9.dll from the distribution. o Fixed bugs in pkg-config .pc files and ncurses9-config script o Revert ill-advised portion of upstream 20090228 patch that completely broke ncurses. o There are still sufficient ABI changes to justify the -9 DLL version switch (from previous -8). o MAINTAINERS: NO NEED for -ltinfo anymore (unlike in the short- lived 5.7-2 release). The contents of libtinfo have been folded back in to -lncurses. CHANGES since 5.5-3: ======================== o Update to latest release (5.7) with current patchset (20090228) o Build using stock cygport 0.4.3 o Build using --with-ticlib (separate add-on library exposes internal ncurses details), so that the (now) separately-distributed tack program can link successfully. - libncurses9 package now additionally includes cygtic-9.dll o [XXX OBSOLETE XXX] Build using --with-termlib (separates terminfo database parsing and manipulation from terminal window control). This will be more useful in 1.7 development, when widechar support is added -- because the libtinfo portions are character-width agnostic. However, to keep cygwin-1.5 and cygwin-1.7 version more-or-less in sync, this modification was made here, as well. - [XXX OBSOLETE XXX] libncurses9 package now additionally includes cygtinfo-9.dll o Turned on 5-button mouse support and sp-funcs - these changes, together with the separate ticlib and termlib, constitute a new ABI, which is why the DLL version number was bumped to 9. o Did not enable reentrancy, threading support, or wide character support. For the first two, see /usr/share/doc/ncurses-*/ThreadingSupport. The last item may be added later, but only for cygwin-1.7. o Modified spelling of public, but accessor-wrapped data symbols to avoid "private" _nc_* namespace. This ABI change does NOT affect the API as used by clients (that is, no source code changes should be needed). o Added preremove script, in preparation for deprecating the back-compatibility symlinks in /usr/lib/ncurses and /usr/include. This is more of a cygwin-1.7 item, than applicable to cygwin-1.5. o Upstream changes: - tack program now distributed separately - pkg-config .pc files now provided - ncurses9-config script now provided - many more demo programs in ncurses-demo - /usr/share/terminfo database now organized by hex code of first character (e.g. instead of r/rxvt, we have 72/rxvt (0x72 == 'r'). See warning, below. WARNING: ======================== Because of a change in the organization of the terminfo database, terminfo entries NOT part of the terminfo package may need to be manually upgraded or copied. To improve operation on case-insensitive platforms, the terminfo database is now organized according to the two-digit hexadecimal code of the entry's first letter, instead of organized according to that first letter itself. For instance: OLD (terminfo0) ---> NEW (terminfo) r/rxvt-unicode 72/rxvt-unicode To "fix" any out-of-place entries, you may manually copy them to the correct location, or re-run tic.exe on the original terminfo source for that terminal. In the case of rxvt-unicode: $ /etc/postinstall/rxvt-unicode.sh.done will do the job. Note that the old database organization can co-exist with the new one (with the obvious duplication of data entailed). Thus, libncurses8-dependent applications will continue to work properly, so long as the new terminfo0 package is installed along with the updated terminfo package. This upgrade/co-install should happen automatically without user intervention. -- Charles Wilson volunteer ncurses maintainer for cygwin ==================================================================== To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. 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