Subj : Re: Compiling Synchronet Linux
To   : Mark Da Silva
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Sep 04 2022 07:36:00

-=> Mark Da Silva wrote to All <=-

 MDS> I am trying compile SBBS on Opensuse Tumbleweed. I have the
 MDS> required libraries installed. All goes well till this happens.

 MDS> make[2]: Entering directory '/sbbs/repo/src/conio'Compiling
 MDS> ciolib.cciolib.c: In function `try_curses_init':ciolib.c:290:20:
 MDS> error: lvalue required as unary `&' operand  290 | #endif      |
 MDS>                   ^make[2]: *** [../build/Common.gmake:465:
 MDS> gcc.linux.x64.obj.release-mt/ciolib.o] Error 1make[2]: Leaving
 MDS> directory '/sbbs/repo/src/conio'make[1]: ***
 MDS> [/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../build/Common.gmake:512: ciolib-mt] Error
 MDS> 2make[1]: Leaving directory '/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3'make: ***
 MDS> [GNUmakefile:152: sbbs3] Error 2sbbs@DELL-E6430:/sbbs>

My semi-educated guess is that you don't have the proper 'ncursesw'
package installed (whatever it's called in opensuse).  It's important
that you use a package with the 'w' on the end, not just an 'ncurses'
package.



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