From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 21 19:10:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED6A16A41C for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:10:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ADAD43D1F for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:10:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5LJAK6g093136 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:10:20 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j5LJAK6p093135; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:10:20 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:10:20 GMT Message-Id: <200506211910.j5LJAK6p093135@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Bruce Evans Cc: Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database in /usr X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bruce Evans List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:10:20 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/80256; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans To: "M. Warner Losh" 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: > 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. I think this should always be installed in /etc and used via $TERMPATH in minimal environments (always for root?). Bruce