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gh-136687: allow manually excluding ncurses from the build
duaneg Jul 15, 2025
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Switch option to "--disable-curses", as this is better considered ski…
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Switch option to "--disable-curses", as this is better considered ski… 
…pping

building the python curses module as opposed to not using the system ncurses
library.

Remove mistakenly repeated test modules section.

Document configure option.
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duaneg committed Jul 20, 2025
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions Doc/using/configure.rst
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Expand Up @@ -475,6 +475,14 @@ Options for third-party dependencies
C compiler and linker flags for ``libzlib``, used by :mod:`gzip` module,
overriding ``pkg-config``.

.. option:: --disable-curses

Do not build nor install the :mod:`curses` module regardless of whether the
``libncurses`` library is present on the host system (built and installed by
default if ``libncurses`` is present).

.. versionadded:: 3.15


WebAssembly Options
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-07-16-11-41-43.gh-issue-136687.ob_uIp.rst
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Add ./configure option to manually exclude ``ncurses`` from the build.
Add :option:`--disable-curses` option to :file:`configure` to manually exclude
the :mod:`curses` module from the build.
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18 changes: 5 additions & 13 deletions configure.ac
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Expand Up @@ -6838,19 +6838,11 @@ dnl have_panel=[no, yes]
have_curses=no
have_panel=no

AC_ARG_ENABLE([test-modules],
[AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-test-modules], [don't build nor install test modules])], [
AS_VAR_IF([enable_test_modules], [yes], [TEST_MODULES=yes], [TEST_MODULES=no])
], [TEST_MODULES=yes])
AC_MSG_RESULT([$TEST_MODULES])
AC_SUBST([TEST_MODULES])


AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --disable-ncurses])
AC_ARG_ENABLE([ncurses], [AS_HELP_STRING(
[--disable-ncurses],
[disable linking ncurses (default is no)])], [
AS_VAR_IF([enable_ncurses], [yes], [Py_CHECK_NCURSES=yes], [Py_CHECK_NCURSES=no])
AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --disable-curses])
AC_ARG_ENABLE([curses], [AS_HELP_STRING(
[--disable-curses],
[disable building curses module (default is no)])], [
AS_VAR_IF([enable_curses], [yes], [Py_CHECK_NCURSES=yes], [Py_CHECK_NCURSES=no])
], [Py_CHECK_NCURSES=yes])
AC_MSG_RESULT([$Py_CHECK_NCURSES])

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