[arch-dev-public] [signoff] ncurses-5.7-2.1

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Mon Mar 2 03:53:02 EST 2009


Allan McRae wrote:
> Signoff for ncurses-5.7-2.1 on x86_64 only.
>
> It seems most major distros use --chtype=long for their x86_64 ncurses 
> builds due to binary compatibility with old versions of ncurses.  So, 
> some binary blobs may need this (see FS#13351).  The wide character 
> library (that all our packages are linked against), is not changed.
>
> I would like a signoff from someone using a binary blob that links to 
> ncurses.

I had a user report that the binary blob they were using now works 
without problems so just any x86_64 signoff is needed here.

Allan





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