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author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
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committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
commit | 675606bde2ba53946537b42a5aa576692a311621 (patch) | |
tree | af20c20ce3841c16b24d0b9903af6878a4a0f5a6 /chapter06/ncurses.xml | |
parent | 560065f976e371779928dbf8b9428217f3f57331 (diff) | |
parent | 1cd59612d00603c9ce773ad821a15d20bc4fa0b7 (diff) |
Split Chapter 5 into three separate chapters.
Implement a new method of cross-building the LFS tool chain
and other tools to simplify the method of isolating the
new system from the original host. This will be the start of
LFS-10.0.
Move old trunk/BOOK to branches/old-trunk.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11946 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml index b37f1f69c..5c48b3619 100644 --- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml +++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ %general-entities; ]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-ncurses" role="wrap"> +<sect1 id="ch-tools-ncurses" role="wrap"> <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?> <sect1info condition="script"> @@ -16,23 +16,25 @@ <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses"> + <indexterm zone="ch-tools-ncurses"> <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary> + <secondary>tools</secondary> </indexterm> <sect2 role="package"> <title/> - <para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent - handling of character screens.</para> + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + href="../chapter08/ncurses.xml" + xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> - <seg>&ncurses-ch6-sbu;</seg> - <seg>&ncurses-ch6-du;</seg> + <seg>&ncurses-tmp-sbu;</seg> + <seg>&ncurses-tmp-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> @@ -41,24 +43,55 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Ncurses</title> - <para>Don't install a static library that is not handled by configure:</para> + <para>First, ensure that <command>gawk</command> is found first during configuration:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/LIBTOOL_INSTALL/d' c++/Makefile.in</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i s/mawk// configure</userinput></screen> + + <para>Then, run the following commands to build the <quote>tic</quote> + program on the build host:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir build +pushd build + ../configure + make -C include + make -C progs tic +popd</userinput></screen> <para>Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \ - --mandir=/usr/share/man \ - --with-shared \ - --without-debug \ - --without-normal \ - --enable-pc-files \ +<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \ + --host=$LFS_TGT \ + --build=$(./config.guess) \ + --mandir=/usr/share/man \ + --with-manpage-format=normal \ + --with-shared \ + --without-debug \ + --without-ada \ + --without-normal \ --enable-widec</userinput></screen> <variablelist> <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title> <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>--with-manpage-format=normal</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>This prevents Ncurses installing compressed manual + pages, which may happen if the host distribution itself + has compressed manual pages.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>--without-ada</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>This ensures that Ncurses does not build support for the Ada + compiler which may be present on the host but will not be available + once we enter the <command>chroot</command> environment.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--enable-widec</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., <filename @@ -73,14 +106,6 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>--enable-pc-files</parameter></term> - <listitem> - <para>This switch generates and installs .pc files for pkg-config. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>This switch disables building and installing most static libraries. @@ -94,286 +119,30 @@ <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> - <para>This package has a test suite, but it can only be run after the - package has been installed. The tests reside in the - <filename class="directory">test/</filename> directory. See the - <filename>README</filename> file in that directory for further details. - </para> - <para>Install the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> +<!-- TODO: check and document --> +<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$LFS TIC_PATH=$(pwd)/build/progs/tic install +ln -s libncursesw.so $LFS/usr/lib/libncurses.so</userinput></screen> <para>Move the shared libraries to the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory, where they are expected to reside:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6* /lib</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v $LFS/usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6* $LFS/lib</userinput></screen> <para>Because the libraries have been moved, one symlink points to a non-existent file. Recreate it:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libncursesw.so) /usr/lib/libncursesw.so</userinput></screen> - - <para>Many applications still expect the linker to be able to find - non-wide-character Ncurses libraries. Trick such applications into linking with - wide-character libraries by means of symlinks and linker scripts:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="install">for lib in ncurses form panel menu ; do - rm -vf /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so - echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so - ln -sfv ${lib}w.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc -done</userinput></screen> - - <para>Finally, make sure that old applications that look for - <filename class="libraryfile">-lcurses</filename> at build time are still - buildable:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -vf /usr/lib/libcursesw.so -echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > /usr/lib/libcursesw.so -ln -sfv libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen> - - <para>If desired, install the Ncurses documentation:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="install">mkdir -v /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version; -cp -v -R doc/* /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink $LFS/usr/lib/libncursesw.so) $LFS/usr/lib/libncursesw.so</userinput></screen> - <note> - - <para>The instructions above don't create non-wide-character Ncurses - libraries since no package installed by compiling from sources would link - against them at runtime. However, the only known binary-only - applications that link against non-wide-character Ncurses libraries - require version 5. If you must have such libraries because of some binary-only - application or to be compliant with LSB, build the package again with the - following commands:</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>make distclean -./configure --prefix=/usr \ - --with-shared \ - --without-normal \ - --without-debug \ - --without-cxx-binding \ - --with-abi-version=5 -make sources libs -cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib</userinput></screen> - </note> </sect2> - <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content"> - <title>Contents of Ncurses</title> - - <segmentedlist> - <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> - <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> - <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> - - <seglistitem> - <seg> - captoinfo (link to tic), - clear, - infocmp, - infotocap (link to tic), - ncursesw6-config, - reset (link to tset), - tabs, - tic, - toe, - tput, and - tset - </seg> - <seg> - libcursesw.so (symlink and linker script to libncursesw.so), - libformw.so, - libmenuw.so, - libncursesw.so, - libncurses++w.a, - libpanelw.so, and their non-wide-character counterparts without "w" - in the library names.</seg> - <seg> - /usr/share/tabset, - /usr/share/terminfo, and - /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version; - </seg> - </seglistitem> - </segmentedlist> - - <variablelist> - <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> - <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> - <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> - - <varlistentry id="captoinfo"> - <term><command>captoinfo</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo"> - <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="clear"> - <term><command>clear</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear"> - <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="infocmp"> - <term><command>infocmp</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp"> - <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="infotocap"> - <term><command>infotocap</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap"> - <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="ncursesw6-config"> - <term><command>ncursesw6-config</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Provides configuration information for ncurses</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses ncursesw6-config"> - <primary sortas="b-ncursesw6-config">ncursesw6-config</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="reset"> - <term><command>reset</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset"> - <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="tabs"> - <term><command>tabs</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Clears and sets tab stops on a terminal</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tabs"> - <primary sortas="b-tabs">tabs</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="tic"> - <term><command>tic</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a - terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the - ncurses library routines [A terminfo file contains information on the - capabilities of a certain terminal.]</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic"> - <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="toe"> - <term><command>toe</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and - description for each</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe"> - <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="tput"> - <term><command>tput</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to - the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or - report its long name</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput"> - <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="tset"> - <term><command>tset</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset"> - <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="libcursesw"> - <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcursesw</filename></term> - <listitem> - <para>A link to <filename>libncursesw</filename></para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcursesw"> - <primary sortas="c-libcursesw">libcursesw</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="libncursesw"> - <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename></term> - <listitem> - <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a - terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the - menu displayed during the kernel's <command>make - menuconfig</command></para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncursesw"> - <primary sortas="c-libncursesw">libncursesw</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="libformw"> - <term><filename class="libraryfile">libformw</filename></term> - <listitem> - <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libformw"> - <primary sortas="c-libformw">libformw</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="libmenuw"> - <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenuw</filename></term> - <listitem> - <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenuw"> - <primary sortas="c-libmenuw">libmenuw</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="libpanelw"> - <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanelw</filename></term> - <listitem> - <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanelw"> - <primary sortas="c-libpanelw">libpanelw</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> + <sect2 role="content"> + <title/> - </variablelist> + <para>Details on this package are located in + <xref linkend="contents-ncurses" role="."/></para> </sect2> |