[OE-core] "bitbake -c menuconfig virtual/kernel" fails on ncurses dependency

[Mike Looijmans]

On 26-05-15 08:53, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> I get this when running
> bitbake -c menuconfig virtual/kernel
>
> scripts/kconfig/mconf.o: In function `show_help':
> mconf.c:(.text+0x884): undefined reference to `stdscr'
> scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `print_arrows':
> checklist.c:(.text+0x2c): undefined reference to `wmove'
> checklist.c:(.text+0x4c): undefined reference to `acs_map'
> checklist.c:(.text+0x54): undefined reference to `waddch'
> checklist.c:(.text+0x66): undefined reference to `waddnstr'
> checklist.c:(.text+0x76): undefined reference to `wmove'
>
> A bit of googling reveals that this is probably due to "ncurses" not being
> present.
>
> I just can't figure out what the proper syntax for this dependency would be.
> menuconfig needs the "native" version, so it's not simply DEPENDS+=ncurses here.

Hmm strange, "kernel.bbclass" inherits "cml1.bbclass", which already states:
do_menuconfig[depends] += "ncurses-native:do_populate_sysroot"

And ncurses-native has indeed been built. But menuconfig still fails to link.



Kind regards,

Mike Looijmans
System Expert

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