Re: screen-udeb prevents bterm, and thus a lot of languages

[Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:30 AM, Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Another argument against screen-udeb by default on normal VGA console:
> it seems to be preventing bterm from running, and thus disables a lot of
> languages which need it.  I haven't really followed what conclusion
> there was with screen-udeb, but
>
> https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/netboot/mini.iso
>
> still has it enabled by default.

Thanks for letting us know this issue!

invoking screen is in script:
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/rootskel.git/tree/src/sbin/debian-installer

It uses system's $TERM, if bterm fails in screen, maybe it's a bug of screen?

> Axel, do you have any comment on this issue?

Cheers,
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