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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-10-24 11:46:30 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-10-24 11:46:53 -0700
commit19667f44efabda7d4e53e706c6cd8140145b2a1a (patch)
tree523cfbdf46de93a81f3e0ccf11cdcfb2b11470b7 /configure.ac
parent3fc05cfaecf03a249bb9df1a9566d16ec005c7c3 (diff)
downloademacs-19667f44efabda7d4e53e706c6cd8140145b2a1a.tar.gz
* configure.ac: Tweak libcurses diagnostic.
Diffstat (limited to 'configure.ac')
-rw-r--r--configure.ac5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8d14115c490..646a637cf34 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4033,8 +4033,7 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([for library containing tputs], [emacs_cv_tputs_lib],
[if test "${opsys}" = "mingw32"; then
emacs_cv_tputs_lib='none required'
else
- # Maybe curses should be tried earlier?
- # See https://debbugs.gnu.org/9736#35
+ # curses precedes termcap because of AIX (Bug#9736#35) and OpenIndiana.
for tputs_library in '' tinfo ncurses terminfo curses termcap; do
OLIBS=$LIBS
if test -z "$tputs_library"; then
@@ -4054,7 +4053,7 @@ fi])
AS_CASE(["$emacs_cv_tputs_lib"],
[no], [AC_MSG_ERROR([The required function 'tputs' was not found in any library.
The following libraries were tried (in order):
- libtinfo, libncurses, libterminfo, libtermcap, libcurses
+ libtinfo, libncurses, libterminfo, libcurses, libtermcap
Please try installing whichever of these libraries is most appropriate
for your system, together with its header files.
For example, a libncurses-dev(el) or similar package.])],