ncurses/curses on solaris

[iainmorrison]

BPO	700780
Nosy	@loewis, @akuchling

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[iainmorrison]

solaris 8 [sparc]
gcc 3.2.2
python 2.2.2

I am having trouble with curses support. ncurses 5.3
is installed in the standard solaris manner

** Configuration summary for NCURSES 5.3 20021012:

  bin directory: /usr/local/bin
  lib directory: /usr/local/lib

include directory: /usr/local/include/ncurses
man directory: /usr/local/man
terminfo directory: /usr/local/share/terminfo

** Include-directory is not in a standard location

is not picked up by ./configure.

checking for ncurses.h... no

Python builds fine but

./python ./Lib/test/test_curses.py -u curses
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./Lib/test/test_curses.py", line 11, in ?
    import curses, sys, tempfile
  File
"/usr/local/src/python/Python-2.2.2/Lib/curses/__init__.py",
line 15, in ?
    from _curses import *
ImportError: No module named _curses

I'm doing something wrong but I'm nor sure what. Do I
need to have ncurses overwrite the default Solaris
curses? If so will anything break?

many thanks

iain morrison

iain.morrison@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk

[akuchling]

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Your compiler may not be looking in /usr/local/ for headers and libraries. You shouldn't install ncurses over Solaris curses; locally-installed software belongs in /usr/local/, period.

When you run the configure script, you can supply environment variables to add compiler flags; run configure --help to see a list.

I'd suggest something like 'CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib ./configure', and see if it picks up ncurses.h then.

[loewis]

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Did you expect to use ncurses, or did you mean to use curses?

What is the ncurses portion of running setup.py?

To eliminate setup.py problems, you can always edit
Modules/Setup.

[iainmorrison]

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Using

setenv CPPFLAGS -I/usr/local/include/ncurses

and running

./configure

I get

checking for ncurses.h... yes

However the Makefile is identival to that produced without CPPFLAGS
set. The curses test still fails

178 tests OK.
15 tests skipped:
test_al test_bsddb test_cd test_cl test_curses test_dl
test_email_codecs test_gdbm test_gl test_imgfile
test_linuxaudiodev test_locale test_openpty test_winreg
test_winsound

./python ./Lib/test/test_curses.py -u curses
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./Lib/test/test_curses.py", line 11, in ?
    import curses, sys, tempfile
  File "/usr/local/src/python/Python-2.2.2-test/Lib/curses/__init__.py", 
line 15, in ?
    from _curses import *
ImportError: No module named _curses

diff configure-output ../Python-2.2.2/configure-output
39c39
< checking for ncurses.h... yes
---

checking for ncurses.h... no

diff Makefile ../Python-2.2.2/Makefile

Anything else I can try

iain

[loewis]

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What is the ncurses portion of running setup.py?

[akuchling]

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No response to query in six months; closing the bug.