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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Jong B. Lee" <jbdoll AT kepri DOT re DOT kr>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: location of the new ncurses
Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2001 17:49:50 +1000
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Jong,
    they are there by intent. Use the setup.exe tool and you have no
maintenance to perform. (other than deleting old files if you are short
on disk space but don't want to delete the entire archive).

For reasoning on the location see the archives of cygwin-apps and
cygwin-developers.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jong B. Lee" <jbdoll AT kepri DOT re DOT kr>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:17 PM
Subject: location of the new ncurses


> Dear Chuck,
>
> The new ncurses package is  in  latest/latest/ncurses,  not  in
typical  latest/ncurses.
>
> terminfo is in both  latest/latest/terminfo  and  latest/terminfo
>
> Could you please move them to the typical place?
>
> I think that's easier to maintain the downloaded files.
>
> Jong B. Lee
>
> -----------------------------
> Following is a part of my setup.ini file
> -----------------------------
> @ terminfo
> sdesc: "terminfo: database for ncurses-style terminal handling"
> ldesc: "This database provides the terminal descriptions necessary for
proper operation of programs based on the ncurses library"
> version: 5.2-1
> install: latest/terminfo/terminfo-5.2-1.tar.bz2 170736
> source:  latest/terminfo/terminfo-5.2-1-src.tar.bz2 261953
>
> @ ncurses
> sdesc: "ncurses: libraries for terminal handling (main package)"
> ldesc: "The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method
of updating character screens with reasonalble optimization. The ncurses
(new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the
discontinued 4.4BSD classic curses library.  This package contains the
documentation, static libraries, utility and test programs, and the
header files."
> version: 5.2-7
> install: latest/latest/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-7.tar.bz2 621191
> source:  latest/latest/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-7-src.tar.bz2 1365560
> [prev]
> version: 5.2-5a
> install: latest/latest/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-5a.tar.bz2 529501
> source:  latest/latest/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-5a-src.tar.gz 1822746
>
> @ libncurses5
> sdesc: "libncurses5: compatibility libraries for terminal handling
(runtime)"
> ldesc: "The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method
of updating character screens with reasonalble optimization. The ncurses
(new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the
discontinued 4.4BSD classic curses library.  This package contains the
compatibility DLL's for older executables."
> version: 5.2-1
> install: latest/latest/ncurses/libncurses5/libncurses5-5.2-1.tar.bz2
181942
> source:
latest/latest/ncurses/libncurses5/libncurses5-5.2-1-src.tar.bz2 259
>
> @ libncurses6
> sdesc: "libncurses6: current libraries for terminal handling
(runtime)"
> ldesc: "The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method
of updating character screens with reasonalble optimization. The ncurses
(new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the
discontinued 4.4BSD classic curses library.  This package contains the
current DLL's."
> version: 5.2-2
> install: latest/latest/ncurses/libncurses6/libncurses6-5.2-2.tar.bz2
189470
> source:
latest/latest/ncurses/libncurses6/libncurses6-5.2-2-src.tar.bz2 246
>


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