From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 15 10:50:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E042E16A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:50:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86B8C43D54 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:50:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j2FAo2g4008124 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:50:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j2FAo27e008123; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:50:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:50:02 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200503151050.j2FAo27e008123@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Richard Brooksby Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01AEA16A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:41:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D609243D1D for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:41:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j2FAfghJ084197 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:41:42 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j2FAfg1R084189; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:41:42 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200503151041.j2FAfg1R084189@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:41:42 GMT From: Richard Brooksby To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Subject: misc/78857: wchar_t type definition conflict between stdlib.h and ncurses.h when building Python X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:50:03 -0000 >Number: 78857 >Category: misc >Synopsis: wchar_t type definition conflict between stdlib.h and ncurses.h when building Python >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 15 10:50:02 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Richard Brooksby >Release: 5.3 >Organization: Ravenbrook Limited >Environment: FreeBSD coot.ravenbrook.com 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: On a clean FreeBSD 5.3 machine, do: cd /usr/local/lang/python make install and you will see, amongst other things: checking ncurses.h usability... no checking ncurses.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result The Python guys looked at this and found a problem with the FreeBSD headers. See https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1160534&group_id=5470 for full background. >How-To-Repeat: Build /usr/ports/lang/python on a clean install and look carefully at the autoconf output. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: