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[Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>]

The slang and ncurses could replace the gcc one rather than delete it. 
This would remove the need for removing the files from the install log.

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Eric Sandall wrote:

> 
> > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:44:11PM +0100, Julian v. Bock wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> >>>>> "ES" == Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us> writes:
> >>
> >> ES> Correct, this is a "problem" with the new ncurses (5.3) spell, or
> >> ES> rather, the new spell provides the proper ncurses.h, but gcc also
> >> ES> provides it's own ncurses.h, which does not allow some programs to
> >> ES> compile against it, so you need to remove the gcc supplied
> >> ES> ncurses.h as Joel says above.  (Did I get the logic right?)
> >>
> >> Almost ;)
> >>
> >> gcc does not come with its own ncurses.h, but it creates its own
> >> version at compile time. If ncurses is updated afterwards the gcc
> >> version causes conflicts since it is not updated.
> >
> > It does the same thing with slang.h, which can break slrn.  Are these
> > file required for anything or can they be safely deleted?
> 
> Perhaps we should have slang and ncurses remove their older, incompatable
> gcc versions when they're installed?  They should also update the install
> log for the respective spells, otherwise a 'cast --fix' will put them
> back, or is this what we want?
> 
> Any other spells that do this?
> 
> -One of Four
> a.k.a. sandalle
> 
> 

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