On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 08:24:35AM +0100, Petr Salinger wrote: > >You really can't just unilaterally change the cons25 terminfo entry. If > >this proposed change is implemented, people running stock FreeBSD will > >have their consoles broken if they log into a Debian system. If > >kFreeBSD needs different settings than the stock cons25 entry, it needs > >to create and use a different TERM type. > > Yes, changing cons25 terminfo entry is no option. > The creating of completely new terminfo entry is also no option, > as it means the new entry would be unknown on all other systems. > Moreover it would need changes to some other packages, at least sysvinit. The new entry would presumably be pushed to ncurses upstream, who has already weighed in here. I'll write the terminfo entry myself and attach it to this bug. Assuming I can test this with kvm, I'll also look at patching sysvinit and seeing what breaks. My proposed name for the terminal name is cons25-debian, but you're obviously free to change it to something more suitable. Also feel free to point me towards programs that break that I should test. Obviously, I'll be testing vim. -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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