current: cd /lib ; ln -s libncurses.so.9 libncurses.so.8 xterm & ffox

[Dimitry Andric]

On 2020-04-01 02:22, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> Hi ports@
> A libcurses version problem:
> 
> Running 13.0-CURRENT with
> /usr/src
>   cat .svn_revision 359319
>   cat .ctm_status src-cur 14430
> /usr/ports
>   cat .svn_revision 529842
>   cat .ctm_status ports-cur 13423
> 
> After
>   pkg upgrade
>   pkg autoremove
> xterm & firefox failed with
>   ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libncurses.so.8" not found, required by "xterm"
...
> Next to look at /usr/src/
> ObsoleteFiles.inc
> 	# 20200220: Upgrade of ncurses, shlib bumped to version 9
> 	OLD_LIBS+=lib/libncurses.so.8

Yeah, this ncurses bump was handled pretty badly, as it breaks almost 
all installed ports (and a bunch of base programs too, if you are 
unlucky). Isn't there any compat package for it yet?

-Dimitry