[Bug #1471938] Fix build problem on Solaris 8 by conditionalizing the use of mvwgetnstr(); it was conditionalized a few lines below. Fix from Paul Eggert. I also tried out the STRICT_SYSV_CURSES case and am therefore removing the 'untested' comment.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4644c82..e186646 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Bug #1471938: Fix curses module build problem on Solaris 8; patch by
+ Paul Eggert.
+
- Bug #978833: Really close underlying socket in _socketobject.close.
- Bug #1459963: urllib and urllib2 now normalize HTTP header names correctly
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index f74cfd5..37a6a55 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
del_curterm delscreen dupwin inchnstr inchstr innstr keyok
mcprint mvaddchnstr mvaddchstr mvchgat mvcur mvinchnstr
mvinchstr mvinnstr mmvwaddchnstr mvwaddchstr mvwchgat
- mvwgetnstr mvwinchnstr mvwinchstr mvwinnstr newterm
+ mvwinchnstr mvwinchstr mvwinnstr newterm
restartterm ripoffline scr_dump
scr_init scr_restore scr_set scrl set_curterm set_term setterm
tgetent tgetflag tgetnum tgetstr tgoto timeout tputs
@@ -819,14 +819,17 @@
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,"ii;y,x",&y,&x))
return NULL;
Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+#ifdef STRICT_SYSV_CURSES
+ rtn2 = wmove(self->win,y,x)==ERR ? ERR : wgetnstr(self->win, rtn, 1023);
+#else
rtn2 = mvwgetnstr(self->win,y,x,rtn, 1023);
+#endif
Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
break;
case 3:
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,"iii;y,x,n", &y, &x, &n))
return NULL;
#ifdef STRICT_SYSV_CURSES
- /* Untested */
Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
rtn2 = wmove(self->win,y,x)==ERR ? ERR :
wgetnstr(self->win, rtn, MIN(n, 1023));