Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:00:48 GMT From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database in /usr Message-ID: <200506212000.j5LK0mSG095551@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/80256; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database in /usr Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:56:50 +0300 On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 07:10:20PM +0000, Bruce Evans wrote: > The following reply was made to PR bin/80256; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> > To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database in > /usr > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:03:01 +1000 (EST) > > On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > > In message: <p06210211bed9fe36bf2d@[128.113.24.47]> > > Garance A Drosehn <gad@freebsd.org> 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. > > I think this should always be installed in /etc and used via $TERMPATH > in minimal environments (always for root?). > Something like src/release/picobsd/mfs_tree/etc/termcap. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer
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