Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:30:02 -0800 (PST) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33906: tic program is missing from the base FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <200201151730.g0FHU2G76718@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/33906; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: "Alexey V. Neyman" <alex.neyman@auriga.ru> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33906: tic program is missing from the base FreeBSD installation Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:21:39 +0200 On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 08:17:10PM +0300, Alexey V. Neyman wrote: > On 15 January 2002 19:53, you wrote: > > FreeBSD does not, by default, have or use terminfo databases, hence > > there's no need for tic(1) in the base system, and least not for the > > general community. Those who need it for whatever reasons can > > install ncurses port (after it's unbroken). > > I see it is marked FORBIDDEN, not BROKEN. If I haven't misread the > FORBIDDEN line, the only issue is that it substitutes base ncurses. > Then why not to make the port use base system sources/local freebsd > tweaks instead of substituting it. Or this may be done as a separate > port (something like "sysutils/ncurses-utils"). > I'd be happy with this, like it's done for textproc/gxditview using the base system's contrib/groff sources. I just don't think that tic(1) should be in the base system. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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