Python curses is not linked to libncursesw

Bug #755616 reported by Tomi Hukkalainen
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
python2.7 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: python2.7

ldd /usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/_curses.so|grep curses
 libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007f78fd5a5000)
ldd /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.so|grep curses
 libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x00007f13b5764000)

This breaks all ncurses using, unicode programs on Natty, since 2.7 is the new default.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: python2.7 2.7.1-5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 9 18:48:38 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IE.utf8
 LANGUAGE=en_IE:en
SourcePackage: python2.7
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-14 (25 days ago)

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Tomi Hukkalainen (tpievila) wrote :
Barry Warsaw (barry)
tags: added: python27
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

 python2.7 (2.7.1-5ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low
 .
   * Force linking the curses module against libncursesw.

Changed in python2.7 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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louiz’ (louizatakk) wrote :

This bug is not fixed: python3 is still built against libncurses instead of libncursesw.

Please also fix the python3 package.

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

It's fixed in Python. Please file a bug against python3.2.

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

fixed in oneiric

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louiz’ (louizatakk) wrote :

And you don’t intend to fix it in the current releases…?

Can I know why?

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