[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2334: configure --without-curses not honoured

[GRASS GIS]

#2334: configure --without-curses not honoured
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 Reporter:  strk         |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  6.4.4                    
Component:  Compiling    |     Version:  6.4.3                    
 Keywords:               |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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Comment(by glynn):

 Replying to [comment:2 neteler]:
 > libncurses4.x/5.x is a requirement for GRASS GIS 6:

 Sort of. If you build without curses, most of GRASS will still be built.
 While the end result is rather "rough", it may well be sufficient for some
 people. But where it fails, it won't fail particularly gracefully (some
 parts of GRASS simply assume that certain modules will exist, and with
 curses disabled, they won't).

 Building GRASS 6.x without curses support is sufficiently uncommon that it
 isn't worth the (significant) effort of "polishing". --without-curses was
 added so that people who could live with the end result had that option,
 rather than simply having the configure script fail.

 This doesn't apply to GRASS 7, where curses support has been removed
 entirely (no configure checks, modules which use curses have been re-
 written, disabled, or removed).

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