Re: [MiNT] ncurses 4.2

[michael@fastlane.net (Michael White)]

Guido Flohr wrote:
>Hi Michael,
>
>On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 12:05:57AM -0600, Michael White wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>>    I'm attempting to install ncurses from the SpareMiNT web pages.
>> It seems to go fine until it attempts to execute (what I'm assuming
>> is) the ending script.  At that point, my machine slows considerably.
>> All files have been installed, but no entry is made in the RPM database.
>> Control-C will not break it.  I have to use "kill -9", as it will not
>> listen to plain ol' "kill".  This is after letting it run for 10 minutes.
>> 
>> System: Falcon w/AB040, 32 MB RAM, MiNT 1.15.6, no memory protection.
>
>Just a guess: maybe 10 minutes is not enough. The ncurses package installs
>more than 2100 files. RPM has to calculate the MD5 checksum for all of
>these files (almost 3 MB). I can imagine that this takes by far longer
>than 10 minutes on your falcon.
>
>Give it an hour to install.

Actually, I restored my database, then installed the ncurses development
library first, then ncurses.  Seemed to work.  Don't know why.  Very odd...

Thanks.

Michael White (michael@fastlane.net)