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emerge -a sys-libs/ncurses

Package Information

Description:: Console display library
Homepage:: https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
License:: MIT

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords	Slot
6.6_p20260509	8	~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris	0/6
	8	~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris	0/6

Metadata

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

Raw Metadata XML

<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] USE flag 'cxx' in ebuild 6.6_p20260509 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'debug' in ebuild 6.6_p20260509 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'doc' in ebuild 6.6_p20260509 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'gpm' in ebuild 6.6_p20260509 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'minimal' in ebuild 6.6_p20260509 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'profile' in ebuild 6.6_p20260509 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'split-usr' in ebuild 6.6_p20260509 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild 6.6_p20260509 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 6.6_p20260509 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'cxx' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'debug' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'doc' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'gpm' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'minimal' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'profile' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'split-usr' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild ncurses-6.6_p20260509
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild ncurses-

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sys-libs/ncurses | euse -E <flag> -p sys-libs/ncurses | euse -D <flag> -p sys-libs/ncurses

Flag	Description	6.6_p20260509
ada	Add bindings for the Ada programming language	✓	✓
cxx	⚠️	⊕	⊕
debug	Build with upstream's CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS for debugging support; not recommended for normal use. ⚠️	✓	✓
doc	Create description of the eix cache file additionally in html format ⚠️	✓	✓
gpm	⚠️	✓	✓
minimal	⚠️	✓	✓
profile	⚠️	✓	✓
split-usr	⚠️	✓	✓
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.	⊕	⊕
static-libs	⚠️	✓	✓
test	Perform tests (slow!) and install compressed test results ⚠️	✓	✓
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	✓	✓
trace	Enable test trace() support in ncurses calls	✓	✓

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions
DIST	ncurses-6.6.tar.gz	3791150 bytes	6.6_p20260509
DIST	ncurses-6.6.tar.gz.sig	438 bytes	6.6_p20260509

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DIST	ncurses-6.6_p20260411-patches.tar.xz	81820 bytes

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