On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Thomas Dickey <dickey@xxxxxxx> writes:
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Thomas Dickey <dickey@xxxxxxx> writes:
In contrast, I can plug current ncurses libraries into a system that's
built with ncurses 5.0, and just assume it'll work. That's from 1999.
That's not a useful comparison. How many new features have been added to
ncurses in the last 6 years? Also, try compiling the 6 years old code
A lot more than autoconf. Run a diff and compare.
A diff doesn't say anything. The NEWS file lists only bug fixes, AFAICS.
duh. I assumed too much of your capability.
Look at the diff's from release to release.
NEWS doesn't list just bug-fixes, either, but I concede that if one
knows very little of the topic area, one item looks much like another.
with a state-of-the-art compiler.
Again, works better than you're insinuating.
Doesn't work.
That's a very concise bug report, giving no specifics.
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