From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 30 02:10:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7994116AAEC for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 02:10:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidn@datalinktech.com.au) Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66B3C43D46 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 02:10:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from davidn@datalinktech.com.au) Received: from 203-206-162-119.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO mail.datalinktech.com.au) ([203.206.162.119]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 30 May 2006 10:09:18 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.05,186,1146412800"; d="scan'208"; a="491579551:sNHT22703740" Received: from [192.168.4.232] ([192.168.4.232]) by mail.datalinktech.com.au with esmtp; Tue, 30 May 2006 12:09:16 +1000 id 0018D953.447BA94C.0000D446 Message-ID: <447BA944.8030803@datalinktech.com.au> Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 12:09:08 +1000 From: David Nugent User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Hurd References: <447A8AF8.3060700@sasktel.net> <447AA845.8010909@optusnet.com.au> <447BA196.7030701@sasktel.net> In-Reply-To: <447BA196.7030701@sasktel.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Graham Menhennitt Subject: Re: [Fwd: Custom termcap entries and installworld] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 02:10:23 -0000 Stephen Hurd wrote: > >> 1) How do people cope with custom termcap entries? >> >> One workaround is to not modify /etc/termcap at all. Instead just store >> them in a file somewhere and (depending on your shell) do >> export TERMCAP=/my/custom/termcap >> Or even >> export TERMCAP=custom:my custom entry >> >> See the ENVIRONMENT section near the bottom of "man 3 curses". >> > > Hrm... I don't *think* this can be done by frobbing /etc/gettytab, but > perhaps it can... I'll give it a shot. login.conf/.login_conf may help (to set environment variables before login shell starts, assuming that is what you need). But ~/.termcap should work regardless and will override termcap entries in the system termcap db.