Re: Why is /lib/libncurses.so a linker script?

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On 12/04/17 20:09, Magnus Therning wrote:
> 
> Allan McRae <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> On 12/04/17 19:33, Magnus Therning wrote:
>>> I'm just curious what the reason is.
>>
>> Because absolutely everything should link to the wide character version.
> 
> Wouldn't a symbolic link have the same result?
> 

Then you get some software thinking its linked to libncurses.so and some
thinking its linked to libncursesw.so.  Because they are the same thing,
conflict occur and shit hits the fan.

A



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