Nano issue

[Reid Linnemann]

Written by RW on 08/02/07 15:02>>
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:11:04 -0500
> Reid Linnemann <lreid at cs.okstate.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Written by RW on 08/02/07 11:27>>
>>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:15:35 -0400
>>> r17fbsd at xxiii.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> At 07:25 AM 8/2/2007, Roberth Sjonøy wrote:
>>>>> Hello, Ive just installed my prefered text 
>>>>> editor, nano, but when im going to run nano, this just appears:
>>>>> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object 
>>>>> "libncursesw.so.6" not found , required by "nano"
>>>> I have nano 2.0.6 installed from packages (not ports) and it works
>>>> fine on 6.2.
>>>>
>>>> I also have that library with the same date as my last buildworld:
>>>>
>>>> $ ls -l /lib/*curs*
>>>> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  268108 Jan 14  2007 /lib/libncurses.so.6
>>>>
>>> but do you have libncursesw.so.6 - note the 'w'
>>>
>>> The most likely scenario is that he's trying to use a 6-stable
>>> package on 6.2. This something that people tend to get away with,
>>> but is not actually supported.
>>>
>>> Either build the port or install the correct package.
>>>
>> I'm tracking 6-STABLE, and I only have /lib/libncurses.so.6. 
>> libcursesw.so.6 is listed as part of the compat6x port, perhaps
>> Roberth has installed a 7-CURRENT package built with compat6x?
> 
> I'm guessing your 6-STABLE wasn't synced all that recently. There's a
> test in the nano makefile that make it use the wide (multi-byte
> character) version of curses (ie libncursesw) if the 6-stable or
> 7-current version is sufficiently recent. The fact that an up-to-date
> compat6x has libncursesw.so.6 tends to confirm this.

Yes, you are right. I hadn't synced since February.. my, how the time flies!