Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2022-06-29</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[pierre] - Generate shared C++ bindings for ncurses, instead
+          of generating and then removing the static ones.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2022-06-14</para>
       <itemizedlist>

chapter06/ncurses.xml

@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
             --mandir=/usr/share/man      \
             --with-manpage-format=normal \
             --with-shared                \
+            --without-normal             \
+            --with-cxx-shared            \
             --without-debug              \
             --without-ada                \
-            --without-normal             \
             --disable-stripping          \
             --enable-widec</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -83,6 +84,37 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--with-shared</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This makes Ncurses build and install shared C libraries.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses building and installing static C
+          libraries.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--without-debug</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses building and installing debug
+          libraries.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--with-cxx-shared</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This makes Ncurses build and install shared C++ bindings. It
+          also prevents it building and installing static C++ bindings.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--without-ada</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -115,14 +147,6 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>This switch disables building and installing most static libraries.
-          </para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
     </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
@@ -133,12 +157,12 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$LFS TIC_PATH=$(pwd)/build/progs/tic install
 echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > $LFS/usr/lib/libncurses.so</userinput></screen>
-
+<!--
     <para>Remove an unneeded static library not handled by
     <command>configure</command>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">rm -v $LFS/usr/lib/libncurses++w.a</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the install options:</title>
 

chapter08/ncurses.xml

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
             --with-shared           \
             --without-debug         \
             --without-normal        \
+            --with-cxx-shared       \
             --enable-pc-files       \
             --enable-widec          \
             --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig</userinput></screen>
@@ -56,16 +57,33 @@
       <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--enable-widec</parameter></term>
+        <term><parameter>--with-shared</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., <filename
+          <para>This makes Ncurses build and install shared C libraries.</para>
-          class="libraryfile">libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>)
+        </listitem>
-          to be built instead of normal ones (e.g., <filename
+      </varlistentry>
-          class="libraryfile">libncurses.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>).
+
-          These wide-character libraries are usable in both multibyte and
+      <varlistentry>
-          traditional 8-bit locales, while normal libraries work properly
+        <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term>
-          only in 8-bit locales. Wide-character and normal libraries are
+        <listitem>
-          source-compatible, but not binary-compatible.</para>
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses building and installing static C
+          libraries.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--without-debug</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses building and installing debug
+          libraries.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--with-cxx-shared</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This makes Ncurses build and install shared C++ bindings. It
+          also prevents it building and installing static C++ bindings.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -78,10 +96,16 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-widec</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This switch disables building and installing most static libraries.
+          <para>This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., <filename
-          </para>
+          class="libraryfile">libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>)
+          to be built instead of normal ones (e.g., <filename
+          class="libraryfile">libncurses.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>).
+          These wide-character libraries are usable in both multibyte and
+          traditional 8-bit locales, while normal libraries work properly
+          only in 8-bit locales. Wide-character and normal libraries are
+          source-compatible, but not binary-compatible.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -112,7 +136,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/dest install
 install -vm755 dest/usr/lib/libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version; /usr/lib
-rm -v  dest/usr/lib/{libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version;,libncurses++w.a}
+rm -v  dest/usr/lib/libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version;
 cp -av dest/* /</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Many applications still expect the linker to be able to find