FWD » Build and Source Control

#!/bin/bash

# remove previous install

rm -r ncurses*

# get up to date version

apt-get source ncurses

# check if sources obtained

if [ $? -ne 0 ]

then

   echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"

   echo "|                  Unable to get NCURSES source tree!                          |"

   echo "|       Check the available packages list in /etc/apt/sources.list.            |"

   echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"

   exit

fi

# patching the source files

cd ncurses-6.*

wget https://proj.goldencode.com/downloads/ncurses/ncurses_curses_h_in_v6.1_20200708.patch

wget https://proj.goldencode.com/downloads/ncurses/ncurses_lib_getch_c_v6.1_20200708.patch

patch include/curses.h.in ncurses_curses_h_in_v6.1_20200708.patch

patch ncurses/base/lib_getch.c ncurses_lib_getch_c_v6.1_20200708.patch

# configure and build object libraries

./configure --with-termlib CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2' --with-abi-version=6

make

# make valid reference to updated ncurses.h

cd include

ln -s curses.h ncurses.h

cd ..

echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"

echo "|                 Patched NCURSES libraries update completed.                  |"

# setting up system variable if not yet defined to use custom libraries location

if [ -z "$NCURSES_FWD_STATIC" ]

then

   rc_filename=$HOME'/.bashrc'

   echo '' >> $rc_filename

   echo '# set up patched NCURSES root location' >> $rc_filename

   echo 'export NCURSES_FWD_STATIC='$PWD >> $rc_filename

   echo "|   ---------------------------   WARNING ! --------------------------------   |"

   echo "|   The .bashrc has been changed! Please open new console to activate setup!   |"

   echo "|   ---------------------------   WARNING ! --------------------------------   |"

fi

echo "|              Please do FULL FWD rebuild to activate the changes.             |"

echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"

# back to the starting directory

cd ..