Comment 8 for bug 7709

* Thomas Dickey <email address hidden> [2004-09-01 08:20]:
> just for the record, libncursesw also provides tgetent (the cited
> log doesn't show enough detail to say whether it is related).

It looks like some build dependency is missing. When I build the
package in a normal system, it works and I get:

configure: checking select return value...
- select can't count
configure: checking for tgetent...
configure: checking libcurses...
- you use the terminfo database
configure: checking ospeed...

However, in a minimal chroot with only the build dependencies listed
by screen, I get:

configure: checking select return value...
- select can't count
configure: checking for tgetent...
configure: checking libcurses...
configure: checking libtermcap...
configure: checking libtermlib...
configure: checking libncurses...
configure: error: !!! no tgetent - no screen
make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1

The full log is:

Automatic build of screen_4.0.2-4 on deprecation by sbuild/i386 1.169
Build started at 20041002-1110
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** Using build dependencies supplied by package:
Build-Depends: libncursesw5-dev, texinfo, libpam0g-dev, base-passwd (>= 2.0.3.4), debhelper (>> 4.1.17)
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libpam0g-dev: missing
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debhelper: missing
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dpkg-source: extracting screen in screen-4.0.2
dpkg-buildpackage: source package is screen
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 4.0.2-4
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is i386
 /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -f configure-stamp build-stamp
# clean up after the build process
/usr/bin/make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/build/tbm/screen-4.0.2'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `clean'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/tbm/screen-4.0.2'
make: [clean] Error 2 (ignored)
rm -rf config.status
dh_clean
 debian/rules build
dh_testdir
./configure --prefix=/usr \
     --infodir='$(prefix)/share/info' \
     --mandir='$(prefix)/share/man' \
     --with-socket-dir=/var/run/screen \
     --enable-pam \
     --with-pty-mode=0620 \
     --with-pty-group=5 \
     --enable-rxvt_osc \
     --with-sys-screenrc=/etc/screenrc
this is screen version 4.0.2
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- sed is 'GNU sed version 4.1.2'.
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- you have a POSIX system
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configure: checking for Solaris 2.x...
configure: checking BSD job jontrol...
- you have jobcontrol
configure: checking setreuid...
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configure: checking select...
configure: checking fifos...
- your fifos are usable
configure: checking for broken fifo implementation...
- your implementation is ok
configure: checking sockets...
- your sockets are usable
configure: checking socket implementation...
- you are normal
- both sockets and fifos usable. let's take fifos.
configure: checking select return value...
- select can't count
configure: checking for tgetent...
configure: checking libcurses...
configure: checking libtermcap...
configure: checking libtermlib...
configure: checking libncurses...
configure: error: !!! no tgetent - no screen
make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1
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