Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:19:14 +0800 From: Cheng-Lung Sung <clsung@tw.freebsd.org> To: Rong-En Fan <rafan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: option to enable ncursesw in lang/python25 Message-ID: <20080413031914.GA92655@FreeBSD.csie.nctu.edu.tw> In-Reply-To: <20080411095624.GM16394@svm.csie.ntu.edu.tw> References: <20080411095624.GM16394@svm.csie.ntu.edu.tw>
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--YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=big5 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, If user enable the ncursesw opt, how many py- ports will be broken? On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 05:56:24PM +0800, Rong-En Fan wrote: > Currently, due to readline module links against libreadline.so > which links libncurses.so. If python is compiled to use ncursesw, > when importing readline module, it brings *both* ncurses and=20 > ncursesw. This may cause problems, so that why we disable linking > against ncursesw in files/patch-setup.py.=20 >=20 > However, this disables the ability to use ncursesw in some python > scripts. Also, it seems that other distributions, like Debian,=20 > actually links to ncursesw and I'm not aware of any issues with > that.=20 >=20 > So, bottom line is we add an option to lang/python25, so that=20 > for users want to use ncursesw, they can enable. In the future, > if we solve the readline issue, we should make this as default. >=20 > Any suggestions? --=20 Alan Cheng-Lung Sung - clsung@ --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgBe7EACgkQ+AeJ85Vui8GydwCfZhr0pb8sHgL/6gALaMbQlbig xt4Anib8lF0nmSQSsM6APjUFTsjVlMvu =pAnk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4--
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