[plug] Ncurses-devel for Mandrake 10

[simon]

Maybe Im showing MY noob status, but I fail to see how a symlink will
help.....

Unless the kernel source is looking for ncurses.so and not libncurses.so?

Just install libncurses-devel, and then install the kernel source with
--nodeps or equivalent.

Probably just bad packaging.


Innis Cunningham (innisc at hotmail.com) wrote:
>
> Thanks Shayne for the explanation I will give it a try keeping
> you warning in mind.
>
> Cheers
> Innis
>
>   Shayne O'Neill writes
> >
> >
> >Aha! These are fun.
> >
> >Basically a symbolic link is a bit like the shortcuts in windows, but they
> >are actually useful.
> >
> >Basically if you have a file or a directory in /home/rara/thisfile.txt
> >you can type in ln /home/rara/thisfile.txt /var/www/thisfile.txt -s and it
> >will appear for all practical purposes as if the file is simultaneously in
> >both directories but in reality its still only in /home/rara . if you edit
> >it in /var/www its also edited in /home/rara, because its the same file,
> >just living in 2 or more places.
> >
> >You can do this with directories too. I use this sometimes if I run out of
> >space for a directory in one drive, I'll move it to another drive then
> >'symlink' it to where its supposed to be, and it'll appear to most things
> >as if its in the old place when infact its on the new drive.
> >
> >Caveat: Too many symlinks make for a messy system, so use them sparingly.
> >
> >neato indeed.
> >
> > >
> > > Ok Jim I guess I am about to show my noob status here.
> > > What is a symbolic link and how do I make it.
> > >
> > > Thanks again
> > > >
> > > >HTH
> > > >Jim
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Innis
> > >
> > >
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