id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc blockedby blocking branch_state votes 3880 mc fails to link to ncurses built as two libraries: ncurses+tinfo. fails as: ./.libs/libinternal.a(tty-ncurses.o): undefined reference to symbol 'meta' /lib64/libtinfow.so.6: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line slyfox andrew_b "When ncurses library is built with '''--with-termlib''' option the resulting installation contains two libraries: {{{ /lib64/libncurses.so.6 /lib64/libncursesw.so.6 /lib64/libtinfo.so.6 /lib64/libtinfow.so.6 }}} As a result mc build fails as: {{{ $ ./configure --with-screen=ncurses $ make CCLD mc /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/5.4.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: ./.libs/libinternal.a(tty-ncurses.o): undefined reference to symbol 'meta' /lib64/libtinfow.so.6: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line }}} As a workaround gentoo applies the following patch: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/app-misc/mc/files/mc-4.8.13-tinfo.patch" defect closed major 4.8.21 mc-core master fixed merged committed-master