Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:10:20 GMT From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database in /usr Message-ID: <200506211910.j5LJAK6p093135@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/80256; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database in /usr Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:03:01 +1000 (EST) On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <p06210211bed9fe36bf2d@[128.113.24.47]> > Garance A Drosehn <gad@freebsd.org> writes: > : At 1:57 PM +0100 6/18/05, Brian Candler wrote: > : >[from freebsd-current] > : >On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 12:48:04AM -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > : >> >Yes, I'm aware of PR bin/80256, but that appears to stalled in > : >> >a state of limbo. > : >> > : >> I've also been meaning to do something about that idea of a small > : >> termcap file. I don't remember what the PR says, but someone had a > : >> good idea of generating the minimal termcap file from the standard > : >> one, and putting that in /rescue. I have a few ideas of my own so > : >> the system would automatically pick up that minimal file. Just a > : >> matter of finding the time to test it all... :-) > : > > : >I started that PR. Subsequently there was a short discussion off-list > : >where it turned out that Warner Losh had a compact termcap file > : >which could be committed - it's attached below. However nothing > : >further happened. > : > : I am aware of Warner's termcap file, and I had talked with him earlier > : this year about committing something along those lines. I forget if > : I was going to commit his exact termcap file, or some auto-generated > : alternative, but I do have the emails around here somewhere. I know > : that *at the time* I knew what I had planned to do, and that Warner > : had nodded in general agreement to whatever that was... > > See src/etc/termcap.small. Been there a long time. I think this should always be installed in /etc and used via $TERMPATH in minimal environments (always for root?). Bruce
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