Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:30:58 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Dan Hulme <d@diefree.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with make buildworld with existing terminfo database Message-ID: <20031217163006.T15803@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3FE0C4F5.2030109@diefree.com> References: <3FDEBDC4.5090409@diefree.com> <20031217091554.J14934@carver.gumbysoft.com> <3FE0C4F5.2030109@diefree.com>
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Dan Hulme wrote: > And yes, I did put the symlink there myself. But that's where it > belongs if you want a terminfo db, I believe. Hm. Its an interesting problem, although hard to fix since we don't want to disallow use of terminfo for normal use. Please submit a PR on this so it can get a look-see, and include your suggested fix, preferably in a patch format. > > -Dan > > Doug White wrote: > > >On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Dan Hulme wrote: > > > > > > > >>I happen to have a terminfo database installed in > >>[/usr/share/misc/terminfo]. It really is just a symlink to > >>[/usr/compat/linux/usr/share/terminfo]. Therefore, my build failed, and > >>didn't give me any helpful information when it did so. After tracking > >>down the culprit scripts, I still didn't know what was wrong, because I > >>didn't understand how ncurses deals with terminfo/termcap. Now that I > >>understand it, I think that something should be changed to deal with > >>this possibility. > >> > >> > > > >Did you put this there yourself? Why not just move it in to > >/usr/compat/linux, if linux is the only thing using terminfo? Linux apps > >will still find it by the /compat/linux redirection and it stays safely > >hidden from everything else. > > > > > > > -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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