Description of problem: Mageia 1 Alpha 2 use ncurses 5.7 release but the latest stable version is 5.8. Please upgrade it from 5.7 (2008-11-02) to 5.8 (2011-02-26) to fix bugs and add improvements. ncurses 5.8 changelog available at http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ Sources: http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.8.tar.gz For better information, latest alsa release in several Linux Distribution : Fedora 15 rawhide use 5.8 OpenSuse factory use 5.8 Debian unstable sid use 5.8 Ubuntu snapshot natty use 5.7 Mandriva cooker use 5.8 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ncurses-5.7-6.20100925.1.mga1 Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
note : the only and previous mageia packager for lilo was blino.
CC: (none) => mageia
ncurses is not upgraded from 5.7 to 5.8 in Mageia 1 Beta 1. Then now, is it for Mageia 2 release ? http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz At http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ the author said : "This release is designed to be upward compatible from ncurses 5.0 through 5.8; very few applications will require recompilation, depending on the platform. These are the highlights from the change-log since ncurses 5.8 release."
ncurses 5.9 is in cauldron
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXEDSource RPM: (none) => ncurese