util-linux: add --without-ncursesw to config #2236
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On our main build server I see failures with util-linux 2.31 related to it finding some ncurses libs and maybe not respecting the
--without-ncurses
switch. Looking at the commits between 2.30 which works fine and 2.31 which does not; reverting https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=87c26ce5b689abe1b52181f98ef3c9eb1b1a5165 "fixes" the issue, e.g. with the patch:and without it (ncurses things found):
I'm submitting the PR in the hope that someone who understands compile stuff can spot the issue and come up with a better fix - consider it a placeholder