Bug#351872: urxvt-unicode missing terminfo
Package: rxvt-unicode
Version: 5.6-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
rxvt-unicode package does not install terminfo. The rxvt-unicode
website has a FAQ for this problem
(http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html).
The quick and dirty fix is to set TERM=xterm, but causes some trouble. For
example, when PS1 contains escape sequences, then typing commands with
backslashes can quote them and cause them to print. My PS1 is
'\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1m\][\u@\h \W](\j)\$ \[\033[0m\]\[\033[0m\]'. If I
type <backslash><enter><enter> at the prompt, I get '0m[jpkotta@euler
~](0)$' at the next prompt ('0m' should not be there). The prompt is
wrong until I do <backslash><backslash><enter>.
Correct fix is to add terminfo: `infocmp -C rxvt-unicode > /tmp/ti ;
tic /tmp/ti ; rm
ti` or reinstall with `make install` instead of the .deb.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers breezy-updates
APT policy: (500, 'breezy-updates'), (500, 'breezy-security'), (500, 'breezy')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-10-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages rxvt-unicode depends on:
ii base-passwd 3.5.10 Debian base system master password
ii libc6 2.3.5-1ubuntu12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1ubuntu4 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4ubuntu1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.1-4ubuntu9 GCC support library
ii libx11-6 1:6.2.1+cvs.20050722-8 X11 client-side library
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1ubuntu5 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii ncurses-base 5.4-9ubuntu4 Descriptions of common terminal ty
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-3ubuntu4 compression library - runtime
rxvt-unicode recommends no packages.
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