Bug#2158: new ncurses bug ?
Package: ncurses-term
Version: 1.9.8a-3
Austin Donnelly writes ("new ncurses bug ?"):
> Not sure if this is a bug in dselect, more likey to be one in
> ncurses.
>
> With TERM=xterm, cursor keys stop working after using '/' to search
> for something. Fine if TERM=linux.
There was a very similar problem with some versions of dselect
before. This is a bug in ncurses.
I'm sending this to debian-bugs, reported against ncurses-term.
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Ian.
> Doesn't seem to happen on chiark or padded.sel, but happens on
> myrddin.chu and valour.pem.
>
> I've just recently upgraded my ncurses to ELF ncurses, and the xterm
> terminfo entry has changed:
>
> 520c7a3d928744bc2937f14555e1582e valour
> d8baf37e74fab11296b1b40aa4e70236 myrddin
> 20c769d0023775fc8de18be96e2961ef padded
> 20c769d0023775fc8de18be96e2961ef chiark
>
> Also, /etc/terminfo on my system is a real directory, on the 3 others,
> it's a symlink to /usr/lib/terminfo.
>
> Versions of ncurses:
>
> valour$ dpkg --list "*curses*"
> un ncurses (no description available)
> ii ncurses-base 1.9.8a 3 Video terminal manipulation: Minimum set of ter
> ii ncurses-bin 1.9.8a 3 Video terminal manipulation: associated program
> un ncurses-dev (no description available)
> pn ncurses-deve (no description available)
> ii ncurses-runt 1.9.4 0 Video terminal manipulation: run-time files and
> ii ncurses-term 1.9.8a 3 Video terminal manipulation: additional termina
> un ncurses21-de (no description available)
> ii ncurses3.0 1.9.8a 3 Video terminal manipulation: shared libraries
> ii ncurses3.0-d 1.9.8a 3 Video terminal manipulation: Developer's librar
>
> myrddin$ dpkg --list "*curses*"
> un ncurses (no description available)
> pn ncurses-base (no description available)
> pn ncurses-bin (no description available)
> un ncurses-dev (no description available)
> ii ncurses-deve 1.9.7a 1 Video terminal manipulation: Developer's librar
> ii ncurses-runt 1.9.7a 1 Video terminal manipulation: run-time files and
> pn ncurses-term (no description available)
> un ncurses21-de (no description available)
> pn ncurses3.0 (no description available)
> pn ncurses3.0-d (no description available)
>
> padded$ dpkg --list "*curses*"
> ii elf-ncurses 1.9.4 1 Video terminal manipulation: ELF developer's li
> un ncurses (no description available)
> ii ncurses-deve 1.9.4 0 Video terminal manipulation: Developer's librar
> ii ncurses-runt 1.9.4 0 Video terminal manipulation: run-time files and
>
> chiark$ dpkg --list "*curses*"
> un ncurses (no description available)
> ii ncurses-deve 1.9.4 0 Video terminal manipulation: Developer's librar
> ii ncurses-runt 1.9.4 0 Video terminal manipulation: run-time files and
>
>
>
> Is anyone else seeing this effect ?
>
>
> Austin
>
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