- even for cross-compiles. For best results, the tic program should
- be from the most current version of ncurses.
-
-BUGS:
+ even for cross-compiles. For best results, the tic program should be
+ from the most current version of ncurses.
+
+ NOTE: the system's tic program may use a different terminfo database
+ format than the target system. For instance, as described in term(5),
+ the conventional terminfo layout uses a directory hierarchy with one
+ letter names, while some platforms use two-letter names to work with
+ case-insensitive filesystems. The configure script searches for a tic
+ program using the AC_CHECK_TOOL macro, which will prefer programs
+ using the canonical host prefix in their name. You can use this fact
+ to provide a cross-compiler support utility tic, otherwise you can
+ override the configure script's choice using --with-tic-path
+
+
+BUG REPORTS:
+-----------