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diff --git a/lib/libncurses/README b/lib/libncurses/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d1f93bb --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libncurses/README @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +NCURSES 1.8.6 - July 24, 1994 +----------------------------- +This file is intended to help people interested in working +on fixing ncurses, enhancing it, or porting it to other +platforms. + +PORTABILITY: +The file matrix is an attempt at centralizing all portability +information. The top line lists the different options, down +the leftside are the operating systems supported. If an option +is not needed then it should have an entry of NONE. Note the +use of ':' to terminate each field. If somebody knows awk better +than me, get in touch. + +OS: name of operating system +ISPOSIX: -DNONPOSIX if <unistd.h> is missing +POSIX: -DSTRICTPOSIX if _POSIX_SOURCE turns off non-POSIX features. + -DSVR4_ACTION if like svr4 you need _POSIX_SOURCE to have sigaction +TERMINAL: -DNOTERMIOS if you don't have <termios.h> but have <sgtty.h> +HEADERS: -DBRAINDEAD if system headers don't declare external variables +TABS: -DBSDTABS if you don't have TABS3 but have OXTABS +OPT: -DOPT_MVCUR if you want mvcur() to cost its actions or you have a + terminal that doesn't have direct cursor addressing. +SRCDIR: the directory where the terminfo database lives +CC: ANSI C compiler +FLAGS: standard compiler flags +EXTRA: extra flags needed by individual systems + Sun: -DSUNIOCTL <sys/ioctl.h> conflicts with <termios.h> + HP-UX: -D_HPUX_SOURCE so that we get POSIX and XOPEN features. + SVR4: -DBROKEN_TIOCGETWINSZ guess what? + AIX: -DSYS_SELECT if you need <sys/select.h> +BASE: The directory under which headers and libraries will + be installed. +INSTALL: The name of an install program similar to BSD's (ie. understands + -m, -g, -o, etc.) GNU install works. + +The awk script in script.src reads matrix and generates all the Config.* +files. + +There are several problems with strict POSIX systems so extra flags +or #define's maybe needed. + |
