Curses, foiled again?

abitkin has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Okay, so here's the deal

I'm trying to install curses, for terminal control, and the module won't install. Here's the command:
perl -MCPAN -e "install Curses"

The error is:

gcc -c  -I/usr/include/ncurses -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HA
+VE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARG
+EFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -march=i3
+86 -mcpu=i686 -g   -DVERSION=\"1.06\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.06\" -fPIC "-I
+/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE"   Curses.c
In file included from /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/COR
+E/perl.h:1768,
                 from Curses.c:14:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE/handy.h:83:1: warnin
+g: "bool" redefined
In file included from c-config.h:9,
                 from Curses.c:11:
/usr/include/ncurses/curses.h:137:1: warning: this is the location of 
+the previous definition
Curses.c: In function `c_sv2window':
Curses.c:275: warning: passing arg 1 of `Perl_sv_isa' from incompatibl
+e pointer type
Curses.c:275: warning: passing arg 2 of `Perl_sv_isa' from incompatibl
+e pointer type
Curses.c:275: too few arguments to function `Perl_sv_isa'
In file included from Curses.c:344:
CursesFun.c: In function `XS_Curses_newterm':
CursesFun.c:1279: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer ty
+pe
CursesFun.c:1280: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer ty
+pe
CursesFun.c: In function `XS_Curses_putwin':
CursesFun.c:3453: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer ty
+pe
CursesFun.c: In function `XS_Curses_getwin':
CursesFun.c:3472: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer ty
+pe
make: *** [Curses.o] Error 1
  /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
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Any help would be appreciated
==
Kwyjibo. A big, dumb, balding North American ape. With no chin.

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Re: Curses, foiled again? by Paladin (Vicar) on Jul 14, 2003 at 05:57 UTC
There is a patch out to get Curses 1.06 to work with Perl 5.8.0. A quick search of google found some links and help for this problem. Note: I haven't tried it myself, so I am not sure how well it works.	[reply]
Re: Curses, foiled again? by hossman (Prior) on Jul 14, 2003 at 06:33 UTC
This looks like a known bug Perhaps you shoud try the aformentioned patch and update the bug with your results.	[reply]
Re: Curses, foiled again? by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Jul 14, 2003 at 07:07 UTC
I show a patch at Build Curses for Perl 5.8.0. I haven't posted that to the bug site because, for development, Curses uses a source build system which that patch doesn't touch and which I haven't decyphered. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply]
Re^2: Curses, foiled again? by abitkin (Monk) on Jul 14, 2003 at 13:45 UTC
Okay, thanks for the help. It never occured to me that there may be a patch on a perl module, but it makes sense. I guess it is the fact that I've never had a problem building perl modules, or the fact that I'd been up for 20 hours that drove me to SOPW. Thanks again. == Kwyjibo. A big, dumb, balding North American ape. With no chin.	[reply]