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Description:

Console display library

Homepage:

https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/

License:

MIT

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Maintainers

• Gentoo Base System (base-system@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Upstream

• Changelog: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html
• Remote IDs:
  • cpe: cpe:/a:gnu:ncurses
  • github: ThomasDickey/ncurses-snapshots

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="ada">Add bindings for the Ada programming language</flag>
		<flag name="tinfo">
			Build curses library (libncurses) sep from the low-level terminfo
			library (libtinfo) -- usually needed only for binary packages -- but
			it is binary compatible in either mode
		</flag>
		<flag name="stack-realign">
			Realign the stack in the 32-bit build for compatibility with older binaries at some performance cost.
			Avoids crashes in older 32-bit binaries. Only affects x86/32-bit multilib builds on amd64.
		</flag>
		<flag name="trace">Enable test trace() support in ncurses calls</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<changelog>https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html</changelog>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:gnu:ncurses</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="github">ThomasDickey/ncurses-snapshots</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20251220 uses IUSE flag 'cxx' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20251220 uses IUSE flag 'gpm' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20251220 uses IUSE flag 'minimal' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20251220 uses IUSE flag 'profile' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20251220 uses IUSE flag 'split-usr' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20251220 uses IUSE flag 'static-libs' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250802 uses IUSE flag 'cxx' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250802 uses IUSE flag 'gpm' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250802 uses IUSE flag 'minimal' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250802 uses IUSE flag 'profile' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250802 uses IUSE flag 'split-usr' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250802 uses IUSE flag 'static-libs' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250531-r1 uses IUSE flag 'cxx' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250531-r1 uses IUSE flag 'gpm' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250531-r1 uses IUSE flag 'minimal' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250531-r1 uses IUSE flag 'profile' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250531-r1 uses IUSE flag 'split-usr' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250531-r1 uses IUSE flag 'static-libs' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250329 uses IUSE flag 'cxx' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250329 uses IUSE flag 'gpm' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250329 uses IUSE flag 'minimal' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250329 uses IUSE flag 'profile' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250329 uses IUSE flag 'split-usr' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Ebuild 6.5_p20250329 uses IUSE flag 'static-libs' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Missing md5-cache for version 6.5_p20251220. Run 'ebuild <ebuild_file> manifest' or 'egencache' to generate it.
• [Warning] Missing md5-cache for version 6.5_p20250802. Run 'ebuild <ebuild_file> manifest' or 'egencache' to generate it.
• [Warning] Missing md5-cache for version 6.5_p20250531-r1. Run 'ebuild <ebuild_file> manifest' or 'egencache' to generate it.
• [Warning] Missing md5-cache for version 6.5_p20250329. Run 'ebuild <ebuild_file> manifest' or 'egencache' to generate it.

USE Flags

Manifest