BUG: ncurses and ncursesw 5.6 do not work due to incorrect path

[vinc17@…]

Programs using ncurses and ncursesw no longer work after recompilation. The reason is:

prunille:~> otool -L /opt/local/lib/libncurses.5.dylib
/opt/local/lib/libncurses.5.dylib:
        /opt/local/var/db/dports/build/_Users_vinc17_software_dports_devel_ncurses/work/destroot/opt/local/lib/libncurses.5.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.0.0)
        /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 88.1.7)
prunille:~> otool -L /opt/local/lib/libncursesw.5.dylib
/opt/local/lib/libncursesw.5.dylib:
        /opt/local/var/db/dports/build/_Users_vinc17_software_dports_devel_ncursesw/work/destroot/opt/local/lib/libncursesw.5.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.0.0)
        /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 88.1.7)

[pipping@…]

did 5.5 work? (sounds like anything after 5.0 should be affected)

[vinc17@…]

Yes, 5.5 worked. There's a discussion in the macports-users mailing-list about this bug, and I posted that:

In the ​ncurses 5.6 release notes: change the way shared libraries (other than libtool) are installed. Rather than copying the build-tree's libraries, link the shared objects into the install directory. This makes the --with-rpath option work except with $(DESTDIR).

I think this is what led to the bug in MacPorts.

[cssdev]

A temporary workaround is to set DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH:

export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/lib:/usr/local/lib

I think the ncurses port should use --without-rpath when building.

[imajes@…]

need to push 5.6 again, making it work

[master@…]

As suggested at ​http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-January/001366.html install_name is to be fixed in configure

• MK_SHARED_LIB='${CC} ${CFLAGS} -dynamiclib -install_name ${DESTDIR}${libdir}/basename $@ ...

+ MK_SHARED_LIB='${CC} ${CFLAGS} -dynamiclib -install_name ${libdir}/basename $@ ...

[master@…]

instal_name patch for configure

[pipping@…]

fixed in r22961.

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