Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 19:04:35 GMT From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ports/7314: ncurses port doesn't support TERM=xterm-color Message-ID: <199807181904.TAA22496@dragon.nuxi.com>
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>Number: 7314 >Category: ports >Synopsis: ncurses port doesn't support TERM=xterm-color >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jul 18 12:10:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: David O'Brien >Organization: The FreeBSD Project >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE i386 >Environment: ncurses package from packages-stable of July 5th >Description: The "xterm-color" terminal type is unsupported by the ncurses 4.2 port. One of the reasons to use ncurses is for color support. bash# export TERM=xterm-color bash# type clear /usr/bin/clear bash# pkg_add ncurses-4.2.tgz bash# type clear /usr/local/bin/clear bash# /usr/local/bin/clear 'xterm-color': unknown terminal type. bash# /usr/bin/clear 'xterm-color': unknown terminal type. bash# pkg_delete ncurses-4.2.tgz bash# clear (the screen is cleared properly) >How-To-Repeat: see above >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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