[Bug 1670037] [NEW] missing symlink breaks haskeline

[Jake Fennick]

Public bug reported:

See https://github.com/commercialhaskell/intero/issues/372
and https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53157

There is a missing symlink which causes a compile error when trying to
install haskeline.  This affects both 16.04 and 16.10.

sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 /lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/libtinfo.so

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: libtinfo5 6.0+20160625-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-39.42-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Mar  4 08:49:49 2017
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.2.0-5ubuntu12
 libc6 2.24-3ubuntu2
 libgcc1 1:6.2.0-5ubuntu12
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-07 (240 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ncurses
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-02-25 (7 days ago)

** Affects: ncurses (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety

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Title:
  missing symlink breaks haskeline

Status in ncurses package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  See https://github.com/commercialhaskell/intero/issues/372
  and https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53157

  There is a missing symlink which causes a compile error when trying to
  install haskeline.  This affects both 16.04 and 16.10.

  sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 /lib/x86_64-linux-
  gnu/libtinfo.so

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: libtinfo5 6.0+20160625-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-39.42-generic 4.8.17
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-39-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Mar  4 08:49:49 2017
  Dependencies:
   gcc-6-base 6.2.0-5ubuntu12
   libc6 2.24-3ubuntu2
   libgcc1 1:6.2.0-5ubuntu12
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-07 (240 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ncurses
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-02-25 (7 days ago)

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