Subject: RE: termcap
From: [email-masked] (Sergey Okhapkin)

17 Jan 1997 01:50:52 -0800
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Grant Leslie wrote:
>> Whenever i try to compile something that use termcap it seems to be
>> missing a key file...
>> 
>> /bin/ld.exe: cannot open -ltermcap: No such file or directory
>> 
>> Maybe (hopefully) i'm doing something wrong. =]
>
>Just a guess since I've never actually tried this myself....
>I believe just the default linking of libcygwin.a would contain the termcap
>library functions, so just remove -ltermcap from the makefile

Cygwin does not include termcap functions. Termcap-1.3 compiles with cygnus tools without any troubles.

May be to FAQ?-) Everyone, who installed cugnus tools _must_ immediately compile and install termcap, ncurses, groff and man packages :-)

Sergey Okhapkin
Moscow, Russia

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