Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 20:37:13 GMT From: Jason Bacon <jwbacon@tds.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/177722: Change request: Add terminfo database to linux_base-* Message-ID: <201304082037.r38KbD2i095707@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201304082040.r38Ke2lG067355@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 177722 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Change request: Add terminfo database to linux_base-* >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 08 20:40:02 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jason Bacon >Release: 8.3-RELEASE >Organization: Acadix Consulting, LLC >Environment: FreeBSD sculpin.jbacon.dyndns.org 8.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE #0: Mon Apr 9 21:23:18 UTC 2012 root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: Linux Matlab runs well on FreeBSD, but when running with the -nodesktop command-line flag, it crashes after issuing the error message "setupterm() failed!". The error is caused by Matlab's inability to locate a terminfo database, which by default should reside in /usr/share/terminfo. I have developed a matlab-installer script and port which could install a terminfo database, but there are probably other Linux applications suffering the same fate, so it would probably be better to have it in linux_base. >How-To-Repeat: 1) Install Matlab. (Installer scripts available at http://personalpages.tds.net/~jwbacon/Ports/distfiles/) 2) matlab -nodesktop >Fix: Install a terminfo database at /compat/linux/usr/share/terminfo. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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