Re: ncurses replacing ptx issues

["Wolcott, Ken (MED, Compuware)" <Ken dot Wolcott at med dot ge dot com>]

Hi Dan;

  Thank you.  I'll report my progress.  Where does gdb expect termcap to be?

Ken

On Wednesday 29 October 2003 16:45, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Wolcott, Ken (MED, Compuware) wrote:
> >   So does ncurses provide all that gdb needs?  In that case I no longer
> > need to build crosstool with --builduserland?
>
> I only suggested using crosstool's --builduserland as
> an 'easy' way to build ncurses, since it happened to do it.
>
> Newer ptxdist versions actually compile gdb for you, too.
> If you get stuck doing it by hand, you might give
> the latest cvs of ptxdist-testing a shot, and have it build
> gdb.  Don't bother with crosstool's ptxdist in that case
> (unless I happen to do a new release of crosstool with
> an up-to-date ptxdist by the time you try it).
>
> >   There seems to be a significant variance between what currently exists
> > on invisible-island.net ftp server regarding ncurses patches than your
> > script assumes, so I'm editing it to match those up.  I assume I will
> > need all patches at the same or later timestamp that you downloaded?
>
> I suspect the current monthly invisible-island.net patch should be fine...
>
> >   Hope a get a working arm9 gdb soon, or I'm going to be in host water
> > :-(
> >
> >   I really appreciate your tips and patience with me...
>
> Good luck!
>
> - Dan

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