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Date:      Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:20:37 +0200
From:      Vallo Kallaste <kalts@estpak.ee>
To:        AlanE <alane@geeksrus.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: No terminfo in system ncurses
Message-ID:  <20030203142037.GA3251@kevad.internal>
In-Reply-To: <20030203123942.GA54636@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
References:  <20030203123942.GA54636@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>

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On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 07:39:51AM -0500, AlanE <alane@geeksrus.net> wrote:

> Why is there no full terminfo db in the system ncurses? You have to install
> the port in order to get it. Seems wrong to me.

It's stripped out for historical reasons I guess. BSD systems have
used to use termcap traditionally, but you probably know it already.
So the question is why the history forces us to termcap, so I have
to install /usr/share/misc/terminfo by hand.. Good ground for new
(and at the same time old) holy war, isn't it :-/
-- 

Vallo Kallaste
kalts@estpak.ee

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