Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:51:40 -0800 From: Dan Hulme <d@diefree.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with make buildworld with existing terminfo database Message-ID: <3FE0C1DC.6030108@diefree.com> In-Reply-To: <20031217091554.J14934@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <3FDEBDC4.5090409@diefree.com> <20031217091554.J14934@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Linux is not the only thing using terminfo. VIM makes use of terminfo, and without it, certain terminals do not behave as I would like them to. AFAIK, it is not using Linux compat to take advantage of this. -Dan Doug White wrote: >On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Dan Hulme wrote: > > > >>I happen to have a terminfo database installed in >>[/usr/share/misc/terminfo]. It really is just a symlink to >>[/usr/compat/linux/usr/share/terminfo]. Therefore, my build failed, and >>didn't give me any helpful information when it did so. After tracking >>down the culprit scripts, I still didn't know what was wrong, because I >>didn't understand how ncurses deals with terminfo/termcap. Now that I >>understand it, I think that something should be changed to deal with >>this possibility. >> >> > >Did you put this there yourself? Why not just move it in to >/usr/compat/linux, if linux is the only thing using terminfo? Linux apps >will still find it by the /compat/linux redirection and it stays safely >hidden from everything else. > > >
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