[vdr] Re: [vdr] Canīt compile a old VDRversoin

[Lauri Pesonen <lauri.pesonen@firsthop.com>]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:28:32PM +0100, Axel Gruber wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> i have Problem during compiling a old VDR-version on my SAT-SERVER (with 2.2.18 kernel)
> 
> i get this error Message:
> 
> g++ -g -O2 config.o dvbapi.o dvbosd.o eit.o font.o i18n.o interface.o menu.o osd.o playlist.o recording.o remote.o svdrp.o thread.o tools.o vdr.o videodir.o -lncurses -ljpeg -lpthread -o vdr
> /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [vdr] Error 1
> linux:/vdr/vdr2 #
> 

The g++ compiler is looking for the ncurses library and cannot find it. 
Install the ncurses-devel package.

> A compiled VDR runīs well on this machine :-)
> 

VDR uses ncurses in the DEBUG_OSD mode in showing the OSD on the console. 
If you compile VDR without DEBUG_OSD, VDR won't compile the ncurses 
dependant code and thus your VDR works without ncurses. Here's a patch to 
the Makefile which removes the -lncurses from the g++ commandline unless 
you have defined DEBUG_OSD (!!I did not test this, so be carefull!!):


*** Makefile.orig       Thu Jan 10 13:39:39 2002
--- Makefile    Thu Jan 10 13:52:49 2002
***************
*** 43,48 ****
--- 43,49 ----

  ifdef DEBUG_OSD
  DEFINES += -DDEBUG_OSD
+ NCURSESLIB = -lncurses
  endif

  ifdef VFAT
***************
*** 71,77 ****
  # The main program:

  vdr: $(OBJS) $(AC3LIB) $(DTVLIB)
!       g++ -g -O2 $(OBJS) -lncurses -ljpeg -lpthread $(LIBDIRS) $(DVDLIB) 
$(AC3LIB) $(DTVLIB) -o vdr

  # The font files:

--- 72,78 ----
  # The main program:

  vdr: $(OBJS) $(AC3LIB) $(DTVLIB)
!       g++ -g -O2 $(OBJS) $(NCURSESLIB) -ljpeg -lpthread $(LIBDIRS) 
$(DVDLIB) $(AC3LIB) $(DTVLIB) -o vdr

  # The font files:



> CU
> 
> Axel
> 

BR, Lauri