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Date:      Sun, 7 Apr 1996 23:03:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
To:        "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@locke.ccil.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, Ncurses Mailing List <ncurses-list@netcom.com>
Subject:   Re: terminfo-less ncurses
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.92.960407225927.15713E-100000@freebsd.ki.net>
In-Reply-To: <199604072339.TAA14935@locke.ccil.org>

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On Sun, 7 Apr 1996, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> > 	Odd question, but, if I wish to totally disable terminfo and
> > use termcap-only for ncurses, how would I go about doing that?  I've
> > looked through configure for any options, and found none, but I'm
> > assuming that there is a way of doing this?
>
> There's no way to do this, nor am I interested in creating one.  I'm trying
> to kill off termcap, not give it new life.
>
> Why on earth do you want this?

	Trying to get FreeBSD upgraded from 1.8.6 to 1.9.9e, but have
been informed that it has to be terminfo-less first.

	What if I compile ncurses but don't install a terminfo database
to go along with it?  Just /etc/termcap?  Will it still work, or will it
try to install a personalized .terminfo directory compiled from the
/etc/termcap entry?


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