From owner-freebsd-current Sun Apr 7 21:13:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA28257 for current-outgoing; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 21:13:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA28251 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 21:13:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA28845 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Mon, 8 Apr 1996 07:11:58 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Mon, 8 Apr 96 07:11:57 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA00669; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 08:08:55 +0400 (MSD) Message-Id: <199604080408.IAA00669@astral.msk.su> Subject: Re: terminfo-less ncurses To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 08:08:55 +0400 (MSD) Cc: esr@locke.ccil.org, current@freebsd.org, ncurses-list@netcom.com In-Reply-To: from "Marc G. Fournier" at "Apr 7, 96 11:03:44 pm" From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL15 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Note: This is being CC'd into current@freebsd.org... > > 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? Terminfo abuses filesystem with its database, Berkeley *.db termcap database give much faster results for searches. Terminfo is not extendable. Modern termcap have all terminfo cababilities. > 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 No /etc/termcap but /usr/share/misc/termcap. > try to install a personalized .terminfo directory compiled from the > /etc/termcap entry? Total terminfo disabulity isn't possible with current ncurses, so additional patch needed. If it will be configure option, it will be even better. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - http://dt.demos.su/~ache : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849