From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mon May 17 14:57:31 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07EFA64A959 for ; Mon, 17 May 2021 14:57:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@vangyzen.net) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FkMgG5wygz3hyK for ; Mon, 17 May 2021 14:57:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@vangyzen.net) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id C9ABC64AA79; Mon, 17 May 2021 14:57:30 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C975F64A958 for ; Mon, 17 May 2021 14:57:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@vangyzen.net) Received: from smtp.vangyzen.net (hotblack.vangyzen.net [199.48.133.146]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FkMgG596Hz3hyJ; Mon, 17 May 2021 14:57:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@vangyzen.net) Received: from disco.vangyzen.net (unknown [70.97.188.230]) by smtp.vangyzen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C8A3556488; Mon, 17 May 2021 09:57:23 -0500 (CDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=vangyzen.net; s=default; t=1621263444; bh=oS6oK+Zv2nqU65QZ36Ja0GBwwK5BKoNtOOyAtosxsDk=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=RHHDR7FCgwE7d7FBLpEqfnSxVbJuuelwUmHpg3lh0UnNVoxRf841ffm57TUMFmj5P cPNECQt01OkPNH2ebwLHrBEVvaFS4JOu6bI87cMygNw9MfSIrCt6hAxLuxxpIoEmLd l5F9Pvq5wVzNgvSPBARzlEr19dklqPfIGBQBp9emvNmTIkXPHLTwkrCmhO41G2KI6i 6zznLVbt0uXqFN+UABqZrnMlCs7vxdmuANlgMYGRbpAyoxCTDBD+IjUcMYJuXuVp0B 7QX2oFwFz86nHlGp7QVHCPlrkBKmrOOKDFP5/mGbhsjPLxCmVsd4vdoD9aXMxJd5CE 5xnIxF4vQrycQ== Subject: Re: Alternate Screen To: Baptiste Daroussin Cc: gljennjohn@gmail.com, current@freebsd.org References: <451388d3-934c-c506-d7de-81de44b4a29a@vangyzen.net> <20210516170307.z4bzyi46gjyuiqg3@aniel.nours.eu> <20210517101935.526899f1@ernst.home> <20210517145353.vrupk2v4kv6gmssv@aniel.nours.eu> From: Eric van Gyzen Message-ID: <1edf1ff9-cc97-8d79-d557-5f55c46566cb@vangyzen.net> Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 09:57:23 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210517145353.vrupk2v4kv6gmssv@aniel.nours.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4FkMgG596Hz3hyJ X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 14:57:31 -0000 On 5/17/21 9:53 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 09:46:49AM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: >> On 5/17/21 5:19 AM, Gary Jennejohn wrote: >>> On Sun, 16 May 2021 19:03:07 +0200 >>> Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 09:01:53AM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: >>>>> There was a recent discussion about a terminal database update and the new >>>>> Alternate Screen behavior. I'm curious about the resolution, but I can't >>>>> find that discussion. Would someone kindly send a clue-by-four via >>>>> overnight express? >>>>> >>>>> Ultimately, I'd like to know how to get the old behavior back, with no >>>>> alternate screen, and thereby reduce my blood pressure. >>>>> >>>>> Alternatively yours, >>>> >>>> The replies you are receiving are interesting as none of them are right... >>>> >>>> What has been done, it now ncurses from base reads both terminfo and termcap DB. >>>> It is looking up for terminfo db from localbase as well. >>>> >>>> Base only provides termcap (the old termcap definition, nothing new in there). >>>> if one want the terminfo database which supports alternate screen definition, >>>> he/shre can just pkg install terminfo-db. >>>> >>> >>> But in March terminfo was being built and installed. Maybe he failed to >>> delete /usr/share/terminfo after the change. Or was simply not aware that >>> he had to do that. >> >> Thanks for the help, everyone. Deleting /usr/share/terminfo fixed the >> problem. (I don't have the terminfo-db package installed.) >> >> Bapt, was this intentionally omitted from ObsoleteFiles.inc, or was that an >> oversight? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Eric > > It is in ObsoleteFiles.inc > > # 20210318: remove the terminfo database :facepalm: I was looking at the wrong branch. And I apparently forgot to delete-old. Thanks again for wasting your time on me. Eric