4gl 7.31UC3 on SuSE Standard Server v8 (2.4.21-5-smp kernel)

I get this error trying to compile the most basic 4GL program. Any ideas?

informix@dell:/exports/andy> cat test.4gl
database test

informix@dell:/exports/andy> c4gl test.4gl
/opt/informix/5.20/lib/esql/libifos.so: the use of `mktemp' is dangerous,
better use `mkstemp'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:
cannot find -lcurses
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

thanks
Neil

Neil Truby wrote:
> > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lcurses
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
Install the curses libraries from the suse media?

You don't have libcurses installed, should on the media


Neil Truby wrote:
>
> 4gl 7.31UC3 on SuSE Standard Server v8 (2.4.21-5-smp kernel)
>
> I get this error trying to compile the most basic 4GL program. Any ideas?
>
> informix@dell:/exports/andy> cat test.4gl
> database test
>
> informix@dell:/exports/andy> c4gl test.4gl
> /opt/informix/5.20/lib/esql/libifos.so: the use of `mktemp' is dangerous,
> better use `mkstemp'
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lcurses
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> thanks
> Neil

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>You don't have libcurses installed, should on the media
>
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"Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> wrote in message
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> You don't have libcurses installed, should on the media

I've got packages called ncurses and ncurses-devel installed - are these
different?

I assume so, 'cos the last Suse problem I say said install ncurses,
I had curses on the box

Neil Truby wrote:
>
> "Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> wrote in message
> news:40C5D40E.CD3058B1@oninit.com...
> > You don't have libcurses installed, should on the media
>
> I've got packages called ncurses and ncurses-devel installed - are these
> different?

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Neil Truby wrote:
> "Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> wrote in message
> news:40C5D40E.CD3058B1@oninit.com...
>> You don't have libcurses installed, should on the media
>
> I've got packages called ncurses and ncurses-devel installed - are
> these different?

ncurses is "new curses" - just a nother rewrite.

ncurses-devel has extra crap that you need to actually build C code, whereas
ncurses merely contains the library objects which can be linked into
something like, say,,,,, a runner build. Count on ncurses-devel adding
include files, source code, and Codd forbid, perhaps even some useful tools.

"Clive Eisen" <clive@serendipita.com> wrote in message
news:40c5cd01$0$4579$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> Neil Truby wrote:
> > >
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:
> > cannot find -lcurses
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> >
> Install the curses libraries from the suse media?

I don't think this is the problem, because if I change the c4gl script to
use -lncurses instead of -lcurses it returns the same message (except it
says cannot ind -lncusrses of course).
So there's something more fundamental wrong I think.

Neil Truby wrote:

> 4gl 7.31UC3 on SuSE Standard Server v8 (2.4.21-5-smp kernel)
>
> I get this error trying to compile the most basic 4GL program. Any ideas?
>
> informix@dell:/exports/andy> cat test.4gl
> database test
>
> informix@dell:/exports/andy> c4gl test.4gl
> /opt/informix/5.20/lib/esql/libifos.so: the use of `mktemp' is dangerous,
> better use `mkstemp'
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lcurses
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
This is a known bug and fixed in 7.32.UC2. There are 2 workarounds:
1. create a symbolic link libcurses.so -> libncurses.so
2. change -lcurses to -lncurses in the c4gl script

Andreas

>
> thanks
> Neil

Thanks for your reply.
Neither of the workarounds, both of which I've already tried (even though
they effectively do the same thing!) works.
Which makes me think I have something else wrong somewhere. On both systems
:-(

cheers
Neil

"Andreas Breitfeld" <abreitfe@de.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:ca6e8k$1cti$1@gazette.almaden.ibm.com...
> Neil Truby wrote:
>
> > 4gl 7.31UC3 on SuSE Standard Server v8 (2.4.21-5-smp kernel)
> >
> > I get this error trying to compile the most basic 4GL program. Any
ideas?
> >
> > informix@dell:/exports/andy> cat test.4gl
> > database test
> >
> > informix@dell:/exports/andy> c4gl test.4gl
> > /opt/informix/5.20/lib/esql/libifos.so: the use of `mktemp' is
dangerous,
> > better use `mkstemp'
> >
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:
> > cannot find -lcurses
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> This is a known bug and fixed in 7.32.UC2. There are 2 workarounds:
> 1. create a symbolic link libcurses.so -> libncurses.so
> 2. change -lcurses to -lncurses in the c4gl script
>
> Andreas
>
> >
> > thanks
> > Neil
>