linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Use config scripts to detect ncurses libs for menuconfig

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:35:08 +0100
From:	justin <jlec@...too.org>
To:	"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>
CC:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Use config scripts to detect ncurses libs for menuconfig

Hello,

> On a side note: is the old code still useful, now we use the config
> scripts? In other words: are there cases where a ncurses install would
> not provide those scripts?
> 
> If the answer is 'no', then just trash the old code away.
> 
> I've just tested Debian Squeeze (stable for now), and Cygwin, and they
> both do provide ncurses{,w}5-config.
> 

I looked into the ncurses releases back to 5.0. The first release
containing is version 5.6 released in 2006. So I would guess we can
assume that every system will have it.

justin

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