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Date:      Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:25:56 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Alex Dupre <sysadmin@alexdupre.com>
Cc:        Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: terminfo/termcap and cygwin
Message-ID:  <3D2C9854.C2A80179@mindspring.com>
References:  <5.1.0.14.2.20020710091744.00a434e0@mail.servplex.com> <69273909140.20020710163156@alexdupre.com>

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Alex Dupre wrote:
> PE> cd to /usr/ports/devel/ncurses
> PE> Comment out the following 3 lines:
> PE> Save the Makefile, and type: make && make install && make clean
> PE> Terminfo (including the db's) should now install fine...
> 
> Yes, but this is a work-around. If terminfo is needed, it should be
> installed by default. Modifying a port esplicitely forbidden for 4.x
> releases is not a clean way.

Terminfo is never needed, since all terminfo data can be represented
in termcap.

-- Terry

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