Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 16:53:53 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> Cc: gljennjohn@gmail.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternate Screen Message-ID: <20210517145353.vrupk2v4kv6gmssv@aniel.nours.eu> In-Reply-To: <b2fb216c-937f-53c4-48c4-ec0913a8f469@vangyzen.net> References: <451388d3-934c-c506-d7de-81de44b4a29a@vangyzen.net> <20210516170307.z4bzyi46gjyuiqg3@aniel.nours.eu> <20210517101935.526899f1@ernst.home> <b2fb216c-937f-53c4-48c4-ec0913a8f469@vangyzen.net>
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On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 09:46:49AM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > On 5/17/21 5:19 AM, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > On Sun, 16 May 2021 19:03:07 +0200 > > Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 09:01:53AM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > > > > There was a recent discussion about a terminal database update and the new > > > > Alternate Screen behavior. I'm curious about the resolution, but I can't > > > > find that discussion. Would someone kindly send a clue-by-four via > > > > overnight express? > > > > > > > > Ultimately, I'd like to know how to get the old behavior back, with no > > > > alternate screen, and thereby reduce my blood pressure. > > > > > > > > Alternatively yours, > > > > > > The replies you are receiving are interesting as none of them are right... > > > > > > What has been done, it now ncurses from base reads both terminfo and termcap DB. > > > It is looking up for terminfo db from localbase as well. > > > > > > Base only provides termcap (the old termcap definition, nothing new in there). > > > if one want the terminfo database which supports alternate screen definition, > > > he/shre can just pkg install terminfo-db. > > > > > > > But in March terminfo was being built and installed. Maybe he failed to > > delete /usr/share/terminfo after the change. Or was simply not aware that > > he had to do that. > > Thanks for the help, everyone. Deleting /usr/share/terminfo fixed the > problem. (I don't have the terminfo-db package installed.) > > Bapt, was this intentionally omitted from ObsoleteFiles.inc, or was that an > oversight? > > Cheers, > > Eric It is in ObsoleteFiles.inc # 20210318: remove the terminfo database Bapt
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