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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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The Solaris, GNU and reportedly some other linkers (ld) accept a
"--version-script" option which tells the linker to annotate the
resulting objects with version identifiers.
-
+
Use "objdump -T" on a library to see the annotations.
- The configure script will automatically apply a suitable ".map" file to
- provide this information for Linux. Solaris mapfiles differ:
+ The configure script attempts to automatically apply a suitable ".map"
+ file to provide this information for Linux. Solaris mapfiles differ:
a) comments are not accepted
b) wildcards are not accepted, except for a special case of "_*".
several builds, some symbols will be listed in the the ".map" files
that do not happen to be present in one configuration or another.
+ The sample ".map" (and ".sym") files are generated using a set of
+ scripts which build several configurations for each release version,
+ checking to see which of the "_nc_" symbols can be made local. In
+ addition to the ncurses libraries and programs, the symbols used
+ by the "tack" program are made global.
+
These sample ".map" files will not cover all possible combinations.
In some cases, e.g., when using the --with-weak-symbols option, you
may prefer to use a different ".map" file by setting this option's
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