#12605: BUG: devel/ncurses does not provide libcurses and <curses.h> ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: master@iaas.msu.ru | Owner: imajes@macports.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Bugs Component: ports | Version: 1.5.0 Resolution: | Keywords: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment (by master@iaas.msu.ru): Dear Ryan, here is the test port you wanted, but really in boils down to a program with #include <curses.h> /* as per ncurses(3) */ and compiled as cc -o progname -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib -lcurses progname.c uses system header files and libraries. Comment: (Although ncurses(3) says one must link with -lncurses, in personal communication author of ncurses states that ====

How would the ideal world without workarounds for other workarounds for ancient bugs look like?

#include <curses.h> -lcurses (but the non-ideal world has different implementations and versions of curses) ===== Also "The Single UNIX ® Specification" says -lcurses ;) -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/12605#comment:4> MacPorts </projects/macports> Ports system for Mac OS