From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 20 18:45:54 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29AE316A41C; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:45:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.village.org (vc4-2-0-66.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6D6943D4C; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:45:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5KIj74U026450; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:45:09 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:46:29 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20050620.124629.79012284.imp@bsdimp.com> To: gad@freebsd.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <20050618125705.GA721@uk.tiscali.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, B.Candler@pobox.com Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database in /usr X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:45:54 -0000 In message: Garance A Drosehn writes: : At 1:57 PM +0100 6/18/05, Brian Candler wrote: : >[from freebsd-current] : >On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 12:48:04AM -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote: : >> >Yes, I'm aware of PR bin/80256, but that appears to stalled in : >> >a state of limbo. : >> : >> I've also been meaning to do something about that idea of a small : >> termcap file. I don't remember what the PR says, but someone had a : >> good idea of generating the minimal termcap file from the standard : >> one, and putting that in /rescue. I have a few ideas of my own so : >> the system would automatically pick up that minimal file. Just a : >> matter of finding the time to test it all... :-) : > : >I started that PR. Subsequently there was a short discussion off-list : >where it turned out that Warner Losh had a compact termcap file : >which could be committed - it's attached below. However nothing : >further happened. : : I am aware of Warner's termcap file, and I had talked with him earlier : this year about committing something along those lines. I forget if : I was going to commit his exact termcap file, or some auto-generated : alternative, but I do have the emails around here somewhere. I know : that *at the time* I knew what I had planned to do, and that Warner : had nodded in general agreement to whatever that was... See src/etc/termcap.small. Been there a long time. Warner