Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:43:46 GMT From: Anton Shterenlikht <as@cmplx.uk> To: baho-utot@columbus.rr.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: synth: Error opening terminal: xterm Message-ID: <201707122143.v6CLhk6u070005@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> In-Reply-To: <52a89dc1-11ae-dd73-db98-c020485c8911@columbus.rr.com>
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> From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> > Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:09:11 -0400 > > > > On 7/12/2017 7:59 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I'm starting using synth, never used it before. > > I get this error: > > > > # synth build net/mpich > > Error opening terminal: xterm. > as a regular user open xterm > then do the fololwing > su - > synth just-build /net/mpich > or if you have doas and doas configured then > doas synth just-build net/mpich It turned out ncurses was the problem. Switching ncurses off via "synth configure" solved this problem. I also tried one of my other boxes, and there I don't get this problem. So it seems something is indeed broken on this box, something to do with ncurses... Thanks Anton
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