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

[Lorenzo Salvadore]

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Wednesday 1 April 2020 02:22, Julian H. Stacey <jhs at berklix.com> 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"
>
> Fixed temporarily with:
> cd /lib ; ln -s libncurses.so.9 libncurses.so.8 ; ldconfig -R

I think the recommended fix is to install misc/compat12x. I was suggested to
do that in another context and it worked for me. I gave the same suggestion
to someone else with the same problem and it also worked.

Cheers,
Lorenzo Salvadore