[Pkg-gpm-devel] Bug#274673: libgpmg1: libgpm should not depend upon libncurses

[Peter Samuelson]

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> > Earlier, you mentioned getting misdirected bug reports because
> > people saw libncurses in 'ldd' for apps that only use -lgpm.  Is
> > this enough of an annoyance, do you think, for me to go ahead and
> > do the weak symbol thing which stops libgpm from (explicitly)
> > linking to libncurses?

[Thomas Dickey]
> Not if you have to change the packages which supposedly depend upon
> it.  That sounds like a lot of trouble.

No - unlike your original bug report, this change is ABI-compatible. (:

Peter

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