Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:41:42 GMT From: Richard Brooksby <rb@ravenbrook.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/78857: wchar_t type definition conflict between stdlib.h and ncurses.h when building Python Message-ID: <200503151041.j2FAfg1R084189@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200503151050.j2FAo27e008123@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>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:
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