Comment # 12 on bug 1056171 from Stanislav Brabec

I wrote a simple hack that disables pkg-config lookup for tinfo, and rewrites
libtinfo to libtinfow. If fixes the problem, but it is something that cannot be
upstreamed.

https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/home:sbrabec:branches:util-linux-tinfow-1056171/util-linux/util-linux-tinfow-hack.patch?expand=1


But in general, it is a problem of both ncurses and util-linux:

- ncurses lacks tinfow.pc pkg-config file, and tinfo.pc always refers to
libtinfo.

- util-linux does not check for it.

- And finally, ncurses started to crash in the both-versions-link case.


For now, reassigning back to Werner. Please evaluate, what should be done with
tinfo(|w) pkg-config file.

I can either submit this hack, or wait for ncurses with the new pkg-config
file. Please re-assign it back to me when you will be finished, and I will
create upstream-able patch. Does it make sense to add util-linux check for a
special case when tinfow exists but tinfow.pc does not?

Testing packages linked against tinfow only work:

https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:sbrabec:branches:util-linux-tinfow-1056171/util-linux

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/sbrabec:/branches:/util-linux-tinfow-1056171/openSUSE_Factory/