--- Peter Stephenson wrote: > This should mean ac_cv_header_curses_h is not `yes', so terminfo won't > be compiled, and HAVE_CURSES_H is not defined, so that even if it is > compiled it is only a stub with no curses stuff in it. Otherwise > something is very weirdly broken. Maybe later parts of config.log give > a clue. Yet the build still fails at terminfo.c because ERR is not defined. Some results from config.log are listed below The log is big, if there are more details you need let me know. I'm not sure which details are of most interest to you. -FR. configure:5727: checking for library containing tgetent configure:5758: gcc -o conftest -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g conftest.c -lm -lc >&5 /tmp/ccKOFvzo.o(.text+0x11): In function `main': /configure:5815: undefined reference to `tgetent' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:5761: $? = 1 configure:5803: gcc -o conftest -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g conftest.c -ltinfo -lm -lc >&5 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltinfo collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:5806: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: configure:5803: gcc -o conftest -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g conftest.c -ltermcap -lm -lc >&5 configure:5806: $? = 0 configure:5809: test -s conftest configure:5812: $? = 0 configure:5826: result: -ltermcap configure:5833: checking for library containing tigetflag configure:5864: gcc -o conftest -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g conftest.c -ltermcap -lm -lc >&5 /tmp/ccJBKnPf.o(.text+0x11): In function `main': configure:5921: undefined reference to `tigetflag' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:5867: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: configure:5909: gcc -o conftest -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g conftest.c -ltinfo -ltermcap -lm -lc >&5 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltinfo collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:5912: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: configure:5909: gcc -o conftest -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g conftest.c -ltermcap -ltermcap -lm -lc >&5 /tmp/ccmqEjRC.o(.text+0x11): In function `main': configure:5966: undefined reference to `tigetflag' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:5912: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: configure:5909: gcc -o conftest -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g conftest.c -lcurses -ltermcap -lm -lc >&5 configure:5912: $? = 0 configure:5915: test -s conftest configure:5918: $? = 0 configure:5932: result: -lcurses configure:5953: checking curses.h usability configure:5966: gcc -c -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 conftest.c >&5 configure:6059:20: curses.h: No such file or directory configure:5969: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: configure:5985: result: no configure:5989: checking curses.h presence configure:6000: gcc -E -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 conftest.c configure:6061:20: curses.h: No such file or directory configure:6006: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: configure:6025: result: no configure:6061: checking for curses.h configure:6068: result: no configure:6078: checking for Solaris 8 curses.h mistake configure:6100: gcc -c -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 conftest.c >&5 configure:6153:20: curses.h: No such file or directory configure:6103: $? = 1 configure:6122: result: no configure:6148: checking term.h usability configure:6161: gcc -c -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -ggdb -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 conftest.c >&5 configure:6254:18: term.h: No such file or directory configure:6164: $? = 1 configure:6180: result: no configure:6184: checking term.h presence configure:6195: gcc -E -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 conftest.c configure:6256:18: term.h: No such file or directory configure:6201: $? = 1 configure:6220: result: no configure:6256: checking for term.h configure:6263: result: no __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com