lfs-book/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para>
<userinput>--with-shared:</userinput> This enables the build of the
shared ncurses library files.
</para>

<para>
<userinput>--disable-termcap:</userinput> Disabled the compilation of
termcap fall back support.
</para>

<para>
<userinput>ln -s libncurses.a libcurses.a:</userinput> This creates the
/lib/libcurses.a symlink that for some reason isn't created during the
libncurses installation.
</para>

</sect2>