Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 02:08:03 +0300 (EEST) From: stesin@gu.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4234: ncurses programs broken, won't work in recent -STABLE Message-ID: <199708062308.CAA08847@trifork.gu.net> Resent-Message-ID: <199708061520.IAA01711@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4234 >Category: bin >Synopsis: ncurses programs broken, won't work in recent -STABLE >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 6 08:20:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andrew Stesin >Organization: Global Ukraine Inc. >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-970801-RELENG i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.2-970801-RELENG i386, freshly installed from a snapshot; lynx port as of yesterday -- lynx-2.7.1ac-0.45, display is `cons30r' though the same applies to a plain `cons25' display. >Description: When lynx is built "by default" (means: with ncurses) character display is screwed -- no highligting, no other effects, and even worse: the whole screen is screwed -- it won't even do CR and LF, everything goes in a one-very-long-line mixture. Same applies to i.e. ncftp2. Rebuilding the whole libraries from source doesn't fix the problem. Rebuilding lynx (&& other affected programs) with "plain old curses" fixes the problem (though the screen is so much less fancy :) The problem didn't exist in the late-June STABLE snapshots. >How-To-Repeat: Install a recent 2.2-STABLE and try to use your old lynx, or to build a new one from the port. >Fix: No idea about what has been changed in ncurses during July... :( Might be termcap problem also, but I didn't notice any changes there. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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