Why is the Curses module broken? I can't get it to compile under RedHat 8.0 for love or money - CPAN fails at compile time and a source install fails thusly: 
gcc -c  -I/usr/include/ncurses -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-
+aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gd
+bm -O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686   -DVERSION=\"1.06\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.0
+6\" -fpic "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE"   Cur
+ses.c
In file included from /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/COR
+E/perl.h:1713,
                 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:117:1: 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

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Is anyone maintaining this module? Has it been supeceded by something? I tried a patch I found on the support forum here, but it didn't work either. Help, please?

In reply to Cursed by Curses by Anonymous Monk

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