Bug 3685 - ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic
Summary: ncurses installation hangs due to old version of tic
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: buildroot
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Linux
: P5 major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: unassigned
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Reported: 2011-05-03 07:16 UTC by Thomas De Schampheleire
Modified: 2011-08-26 13:06 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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[PATCH 1 of 2] GENTARGETS: Allow disabling host package installation (1.20 KB, patch)
2011-05-03 07:16 UTC, Thomas De Schampheleire 		Details
[PATCH 2 of 2] ncurses: fix hanging installation due to old version of tic (2.04 KB, patch)
2011-05-03 07:17 UTC, Thomas De Schampheleire 		Details
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Description Thomas De Schampheleire 2011-05-03 07:16:32 UTC 
Created attachment 3271 [details]
[PATCH 1 of 2] GENTARGETS: Allow disabling host package installation

During installation of ncurses, the 'tic' program from the host is used. In
some cases, this version of tic is too old for the data to be processed, and
the installation hangs indefinitely (already reported in July 2010 [1] and later in April 2011 [2]).

Attached to this bug report are two patches that fix the problem (one patch is just a prerequisite for the other).

[1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-July/036100.html
[2] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2011-April/042763.html
Comment 1 Thomas De Schampheleire 2011-05-03 07:17:26 UTC 
Created attachment 3277 [details]
[PATCH 2 of 2] ncurses: fix hanging installation due to old version of tic
Comment 2 Thomas De Schampheleire 2011-07-19 12:42:33 UTC 
Any specific reason why this has not been included in buildroot yet?

Thanks, 
Thomas
Comment 3 Peter Korsgaard 2011-07-19 12:45:05 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Any specific reason why this has not been included in buildroot yet?
> 
> Thanks, 
> Thomas

No, I just haven't looked at it / forgotten about it / not been able to reproduce it locally. Will take a look at it tonight.
Comment 4 Peter Korsgaard 2011-08-26 13:06:16 UTC 
Thanks, committed part 2 with minor changes. I prefer to not do part 1 this close to the release.