libtinfo-dev should provide a tinfo.pc

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

The libtinfo-dev.install file in the package (debian part) does not include the pkg-config file. This can be fixed with the attached patch.

The attachment "Add tinfo.pc to libtinfo-dev.install" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the bug report and editing the attachment so that it is not flagged as a patch. Additionally, if you are member of the ubuntu-reviewers team please also unsubscribe the team from this bug report.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by Brian Murray. Please contact him regarding any issues with the action taken in this bug report.]

Just confirming that I get the exact same output when running the exact same command (as well as with only --cflags) as the original poster. I can confirm this on both 32 bit and 64 bit. Also, ncurses++ (which I belive pulls in ncurses) is also affected.

This is fixed in precise as of 5.9-2.

This bug lets the daily builds of VLC fail on natty and oneiric.

Here's the patch for oneiric-proposed.

natty comes with no .pc file and therefore is a different case. I am closing the natty task.

Hello Mehdi, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ncurses into oneiric-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ncurses/5.9-1ubuntu5.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

As you can see in [1], VLC builds fine again with the pkg-config file from the proposed ncurses package.

[1] https://code.launchpad.net/~videolan/+archive/stable-daily

Looks good to me.

This bug was fixed in the package ncurses - 5.9-1ubuntu5.1

---------------
ncurses (5.9-1ubuntu5.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Install missing tinfo.pc file into libtinfo-dev (LP: #900635).
 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:59:17 +0200

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.