[PR PATCH] ncurses-libs: provide libncurses.so.{5,6}

[PR PATCH] ncurses-libs: provide libncurses.so.{5,6}

[gt7-void]

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There is a new pull request by gt7-void against master on the void-packages repository

https://github.com/gt7-void/void-packages ncurses
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/23660

ncurses-libs: provide libncurses.so.{5,6}
For compatibility, provide symlinks

    /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 -> /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6.2
    /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6 -> /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6.2

A patch file from https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/23660.patch is attached

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From 37f47318107975b56192a84fec9502b534628f4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gt7-void <gt7@mail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 01:00:37 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] ncurses-libs: provide libncurses.so.{5,6}

For compatibility, provide symlinks

    /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 -> /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6.2
    /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6 -> /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6.2
---
 srcpkgs/ncurses/template | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
index eb0b4fcafc7..f4c048b2a3c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ncurses'
 pkgname=ncurses
 version=6.2
-revision=2
+revision=3
 bootstrap=yes
 configure_args="--enable-big-core"
 short_desc="System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library"
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ do_install() {
 	cd ${wrksrc}/ncurses-build
 	install -Dm755 lib/libncurses.so.${version} \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libncurses.so.${version}
+	ln -sf libncurses.so.${version} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libncurses.so.6
+	ln -sf libncurses.so.${version} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5
 
 	# Create libtinfo symlinks.
 	ln -sfr ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libncursesw.so \
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ do_install() {
 }
 
 ncurses-libs_package() {
-	shlib_provides="libformw.so.5 libmenuw.so.5 libpanelw.so.5 libncursesw.so.5"
+	shlib_provides="libformw.so.5 libmenuw.so.5 libpanelw.so.5 libncursesw.so.5 libncurses.so.5"
 	short_desc+=" -- shared libraries"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/libform*.so.*"

Re: [PR PATCH] [Closed]: ncurses-libs: provide libncurses.so.{5,6}

[q66]

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There's a closed pull request on the void-packages repository

ncurses-libs: provide libncurses.so.{5,6}
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/23660

Description:
For compatibility, provide symlinks

    /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 -> /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6.2
    /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6 -> /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6.2