Added a brief description of the ncurses patch with link to the origi…

…nal issue.
sagemath · Apr 21, 2017 · 5031e42 · 5031e42
1 parent 1618c0f
commit 5031e42
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 0 deletions.
diff --git a/build/pkgs/python3/patches/2.6.5-ncurses-abi6.patch b/build/pkgs/python3/patches/2.6.5-ncurses-abi6.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fixes compilation of the curses module on Cygwin; see
+https://bugs.python.org/issue14438
+
+This patch was never accepted upstream, though there is a new fix for it
+in progress at https://bugs.python.org/issue28190 but also not yet accepted.
 --- a/Include/py_curses.h	2009-09-06 16:23:05.000000000 -0500
 +++ b/Include/py_curses.h	2010-04-14 15:21:23.008971400 -0500
 @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@