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Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:21:19 +0800
From: Carlo Florendo <subscribermail@...il.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel source dependency
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Apr 3 2007 08:18, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Without ncurses installed, you should see these messages:
>>
>> echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries."
>> echo " *** make menuconfig require the ncurses libraries"
>> echo " *** "
>> echo " *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again"
>> echo " *** "
>>
>> Do you not see them? or do you need something different?
>
> Perhaps libreadline-devel? Though ncurses-devel will *most likely* have a
> dependency on that, more even than the kernel does on ncurses-devel ;-)
That is not so :) The kernel-source's 'menuconfig' target does not need
libreadline-devel. Besides, there is no readline functionality that is
evident at menuconfig. Menu navigation is entirely done by ncurses calls.
Thank you very much.
Best Regards,
Carlo
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