Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: don't try to compile against known broken curses.

[andrzej zaborowski]

On 7 December 2011 19:57, Stefan Weil <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am 07.12.2011 08:47, schrieb Andrzej Zaborowski:
>> +#ifdef NCURSES_VERSION
>> +# if NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH < 20040117
>> +# error Old ncurses contain dangerous typedefs, break qemu build (and are
>> old)
>> +# endif
>> +#endif
>> int main(void) { resize_term(0, 0); return curses_version(); }
>> EOF
>> for curses_lib in $curses_list; do
>
>
> Is NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH always defined when NCURSES_VERSION is?

I'm not sure, will try to find out.  If it isn't then we should check
that NCURSES_VERSION_MINOR < 4 perhaps.

The intent of checking defined(NCURSES_VERSION) is to detect ncurses
because qemu should also build with other implementations of curses
(in theory).

Cheers