port upgrade problem: libncurses.so.5.6 not found

[Tsu-Fan Cheng]

Mel, thank you for your help, here is the output:

/usr/local/bin/xgettext:
	libgettextsrc-0.17.so => /usr/local/lib/libgettextsrc-0.17.so (0x280a9000)
	libgettextlib-0.17.so => /usr/local/lib/libgettextlib-0.17.so (0x280de000)
	libcroco-0.6.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3 (0x281bb000)
	libxml2.so.5 => /usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.5 (0x281ef000)
	libz.so.4 => /lib/libz.so.4 (0x2831b000)
	libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x2832d000)
	libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x28342000)
	libicui18n.so.38 => /usr/local/lib/libicui18n.so.38 (0x283f1000)
	libintl.so.8 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.8 (0x28559000)
	libpcre.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0 (0x28562000)
	libncurses.so.5.6 => not found (0x0)
	libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x28591000)
	libbsdxml.so.3 => /lib/libbsdxml.so.3 (0x28685000)
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/usr/local/lib/libgettextsrc-0.17.so:
	libgettextlib-0.17.so => /usr/local/lib/libgettextlib-0.17.so (0x280de000)
	libintl.so.8 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.8 (0x28559000)
	libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x28591000)
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/usr/local/lib/libgettextlib-0.17.so:
	libcroco-0.6.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3 (0x281bb000)
	libxml2.so.5 => /usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.5 (0x281ef000)
	libz.so.4 => /lib/libz.so.4 (0x2831b000)
	libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x2832d000)
	libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x28342000)
	libicui18n.so.38 => /usr/local/lib/libicui18n.so.38 (0x283f1000)
	libintl.so.8 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.8 (0x28559000)
	libpcre.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0 (0x28562000)
	libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x28591000)
	libncurses.so.5.6 => not found (0x0)
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/usr/local/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3:
	libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x28342000)
	libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x28591000)
	libxml2.so.5 => /usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.5 (0x281ef000)
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.5:
	libz.so.4 => /lib/libz.so.4 (0x2831b000)
	libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x28591000)
	libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x2832d000)
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/lib/libz.so.4:
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/lib/libm.so.5:
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0:
	libicui18n.so.38 => /usr/local/lib/libicui18n.so.38 (0x283f1000)
	libintl.so.8 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.8 (0x28559000)
	libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x28591000)
	libpcre.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0 (0x28562000)
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/usr/local/lib/libicui18n.so.38:
	libicuuc.so.38 => /usr/local/lib/libicuuc.so.38 (0x287a4000)
	libicudata.so.38 => /usr/local/lib/libicudata.so.38 (0x288b9000)
	libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0x29390000)
	libm.so.4 => /lib/libm.so.4 (0x2945b000)
/usr/local/lib/libintl.so.8:
	libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x28591000)
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0:
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/lib/libbsdxml.so.3:
	libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
/usr/local/lib/libicuuc.so.38:
	libicudata.so.38 => /usr/local/lib/libicudata.so.38 (0x288b9000)
	libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0x29390000)
	libm.so.4 => /lib/libm.so.4 (0x2945b000)
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5:
	libm.so.4 => /lib/libm.so.4 (0x2945b000)


thanks!!

TFC

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Mel
<fbsd.questions at rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 13 November 2008 17:47:34 Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 08:12:49AM -0800, tfcheng at gmail.com wrote:
>> > learned a new thing, here is the output:
>> > /usr/local/bin/xgettext:
>> > libgettextsrc-0.17.so => /usr/local/lib/libgettextsrc-0.17.so
>> > (0x280a9000) libgettextlib-0.17.so =>
>> > /usr/local/lib/libgettextlib-0.17.so (0x280de000) libcroco-0.6.so.3 =>
>> > /usr/local/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3 (0x281bb000) libxml2.so.5 =>
>> > /usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.5 (0x281ef000)
>> > libz.so.4 => /lib/libz.so.4 (0x2831b000)
>> > libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x2832d000)
>> > libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x28342000)
>> > libicui18n.so.38 => /usr/local/lib/libicui18n.so.38 (0x283f1000)
>> > libintl.so.8 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.8 (0x28559000)
>> > libpcre.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0 (0x28562000)
>> > libncurses.so.5.6 => not found (0x0)
>> > libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x28591000)
>> > libbsdxml.so.3 => /lib/libbsdxml.so.3 (0x28685000)
>> > libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x286a3000)
>> > libncurses.so.5.6 => not found (0x0)
>> > libicuuc.so.38 => /usr/local/lib/libicuuc.so.38 (0x287a4000)
>> > libicudata.so.38 => /usr/local/lib/libicudata.so.38 (0x288b9000)
>> > libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0x29390000)
>> > libm.so.4 => /lib/libm.so.4 (0x2945b000)
>> >
>> > it's weird that it still shows libncurses.so.5.6, any thoughts?? thanks!!
>>
>> It's not weird at all.  When a binary is linked to a shared library
>> (during the linking phase), the library filename (libXXX.so.X.X) is
>> stored in the binary, not "libXXX.so".
>
> But the requirement is, that the library exists at link time.
>
>> I'm not sure how/why a rebuild xgettext is linking to what appears to be
>> a very old version of libncurses.  libncurses.so.5.6 would be for
>> FreeBSD 5.x, I believe; my FreeBSD 6.x machines have libncurses.so.6,
>> and my FreeBSD 7.x + CURRENT machines have libncurses.so.7.
>
> It's libncurses.so.5 for FreeBSD 5:
> # grep ncurses /usr/ports/misc/compat5x/pkg-plist
> lib/compat/libncurses.so.5
>
> The .5.6 is what's bugging me. Aparently, there was a library like this at
> link time, that does not exist anymore.
>
> Can you provide output of:
> ldd -a `which xgettext`
>
> so we know which library pulls in libncurses.so.5.6. I doubt it's the binary
> itself.
>
> --
> Mel
>
> Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
>    and never get to the software part.
>