[Linux-7110-psion] libtermcap, and other questions...

[Stephen D. <st...@da...>]

Hi,

Just trying seriously to get to grips with linux-7110

So far I have the emdebian cross-compilation environment on my host,
and have successfully compiled the kernel.

On a CF card I've unpacked the contents of initrd3 onto an ext2 partition,
installed Arlco, kernel onto a DOS partition.

All that successfully booted on my series 5 - so far so good.

Next step was to cross-compile some apps.

I successfully built busybox.  Where there has been thought to
cross-compiling in the Makefile.

Next bash - which uses autoconf.

I used this strategy: I assumed that the ARM Linux environment is quite
similar to my PC Linux host from an autoconf point of view.  So I
./configured as normal, then removed the ac_cv_prog_... entries from the
config.cache, set CC, AR and RANLIB to the arm-linux-... programs, and
re-./configured.  That seemed to go OK, with most things being found in
the cache.

make went OK until it tried to link - where libtermcap could be
found.  And, indeed, it isn't in the emdebian package, nor in
initrd3.  There, is, however, an /etc/termcap in initrd3 - how's it used
without the library?

So - here the questions start: I am always terminally (groan) confused in
the muddle of termcap, termio, curses, ncurses and all that.

Is termcap in the standard glibc library?  (if so, how do I find out?)  Is
this problem because my approach to configuring bash was bogus?  (if so,
pointers to the right approach to cross-compiling with autoconf?)

Can anyone provide some pointers to get me back on track?

Thanks,
Steve