Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 23:47:36 -0600 From: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: Custom termcap entries and installworld] Message-ID: <447A8AF8.3060700@sasktel.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_yRw7HLkzoK6gaKVmzvA/Vw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT --Boundary_(ID_yRw7HLkzoK6gaKVmzvA/Vw) Content-type: message/rfc822; name="Custom termcap entries and installworld" Content-disposition: inline; filename="Custom termcap entries and installworld" Return-path: <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Received: from bgmpimr2.sasknet.sk.ca ([192.168.234.21]) by cgmail1.sasknet.sk.ca (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTP id <0IZW0004272TDTH0@cgmail1.sasknet.sk.ca> for shurd@sasktel.net; Fri, 26 May 2006 15:44:53 -0600 (CST) Received: from misav02.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.20.164]) by bgmpimr2.sasknet.sk.ca (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTP id <0IZW00BOB72TRE00@bgmpimr2.sasknet.sk.ca> for shurd@sasktel.net (ORCPT shurd@sasktel.net); Fri, 26 May 2006 15:44:53 -0600 (CST) Received: from psmtp.com ([64.18.2.75]) by misav03 with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Fri, 26 May 2006 15:44:52 -0600 Received: from source ([216.136.204.119]) by exprod7mx73.postini.com ([64.18.6.10]) with SMTP; Fri, 26 May 2006 14:44:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C8C8CF8F6; Fri, 26 May 2006 21:40:11 +0000 Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C92816BCC9; Fri, 26 May 2006 21:40:11 +0000 Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3967816A720 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 26 May 2006 21:39:58 +0000 (UTC envelope-from shurd@sasktel.net) Received: from misav02.sasknet.sk.ca (misav03.sasknet.sk.ca [142.165.20.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B730D43D81 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 26 May 2006 21:39:57 +0000 (GMT envelope-from shurd@sasktel.net) Received: from bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.72.22]) by misav03 with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Fri, 26 May 2006 15:39:57 -0600 Received: from backoffice ([206.163.250.91]) by bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTPA id <0IZW0090N6UKQZ60@bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 15:39:56 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 15:39:55 -0600 From: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> Subject: Custom termcap entries and installworld Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Errors-to: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <004101c6810c$edeeaaf0$5200a8c0@backoffice> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Precedence: list X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-to: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Account-Key: account2 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>; List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> Original-recipient: rfc822;shurd@sasktel.net I've now shot myself in the foot at least three times in as many years with custom termcap entries... here's the deal: 1) I modify /etc/termcap and customize a termcap entry for some valid reason (I need 132x42 or whatever for my Link MC/5) 2) I update /etc/gettytab and /etc/ttys accordingly and happily use my dumb terminal on occasion (roughly once per week) 3) I upgrade via sources, being sure to run mergemaster and friends. 4) My terminal stops working. I have now shot myself in the foot and need to recreate the termcap entry (which, silly me, I didn't back up) Now, intellectually, I *know* that termcap is really stored in /usr/share/misc, and that mergemaster doesn't/can't touch those files since they're not configuration files... but every single time I run installworld, I need to take a manual step to keep things working the way they were before. This is a POLA breaker but I've just ignored it every time it happened until now. This time I opened a PR (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/97407) wishing for mergemaster support which, of course, isn't the Right Thing. So, I suppose my questions are these: 1) How do people cope with custom termcap entries? 2) Is there a *correct* way to cope with custom termcap entries? 3) Is there a good reason to not have /usr/share/misc/termcap be a symlink to /etc/termcap rather than the reverse which would allow mergemaster to Just Work? that is... putting it in /etc fixes a problem... does moving it create one or more more serious problems? 4) Am I supposed to submit every custom termcap tweak for inclusion in the next release so I can keep using my terminals? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Boundary_(ID_yRw7HLkzoK6gaKVmzvA/Vw)--
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