Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:39:21 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <Erik.Trulsson.1013@student.uu.se> To: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> Cc: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reason for reordering /usr/share/misc/termcap.src for /usr/share/misc/termcap ? Message-ID: <20141209093921.10896xgn8zvjhbuh@webmail.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <1479779318.56241253.1418076402148.JavaMail.root@his.com> References: <1479779318.56241253.1418076402148.JavaMail.root@his.com>
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Quoting Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>: > ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Kirk McKusick" <mckusick@mckusick.com> > | To: "Garrett Cooper" <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> > | Cc: "Erik Trulsson" <Erik.Trulsson.1013@student.uu.se>, "FreeBSD > Hackers" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, > | jkh@freebsd.org, dickey@his.com > | Sent: Monday, December 8, 2014 11:51:37 AM > | Subject: Re: Reason for reordering /usr/share/misc/termcap.src for > /usr/share/misc/termcap ? > ... > | > | I believe Erik Trulsson's answer is correct. Termcap had grown very > | large and on sub-1-MIP computers took a noticable delay to read on > | every startup of programs using it. So, it was reordered to reduce > | the startup time on common terminals. As Erik points out this > | optimization > | is no longer necessary as termcap is now placed in a database. Not to > | mention that there are far fewer entries in it today than there were > | at the peak of its existence. > > Actually, the current file in the repository is 10% longer (4667 > lines vs 4007) than the first check-in. > Where might I find a larger example (of BSD termcap) such as you are > referring to? If you want to see an absolutely enormous version of termcap.src you can look at the one found inside https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/termcap/termcap-1.3.1.tar.gz
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