solaris 8 [sparc]
gcc 3.2.2
python 2.2.2

I am having trouble with curses support.  ncurses 5.3
is installed in the standard solaris manner

** Configuration summary for NCURSES 5.3 20021012:

      bin directory: /usr/local/bin
      lib directory: /usr/local/lib
  include directory: /usr/local/include/ncurses
      man directory: /usr/local/man
 terminfo directory: /usr/local/share/terminfo

** Include-directory is not in a standard location

is not picked up by ./configure.
 
checking for ncurses.h... no

Python builds fine but

./python ./Lib/test/test_curses.py -u curses
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./Lib/test/test_curses.py", line 11, in ?
    import curses, sys, tempfile
  File
"/usr/local/src/python/Python-2.Lib/curses/__init__.py",
line 15, in ?
    from _curses import *
ImportError: No module named _curses

I'm doing something wrong but I'm nor sure what.  Do I
need to have ncurses overwrite the default Solaris
curses? If so will anything break?


many thanks

iain morrison

iain.morrison@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk