Bug#2829: emacs: gdb says: slashes aren't allowed (/etc/termcap)

["Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> >> Current directory is /mnt/d/home/joost/c/disp/ "/etc/termcap", line
> >> 1697: terminal 'aaa-24-rv-ctxt', slashes aren't allowed in names or
> >> aliases
> >Yep, i got that too.  Ncurses should be compiled without termcap
> >fallback!  So the bug needs to be reassigned to ncurses.
>
> BOGUS!  Emacs is probably your culprit, since ncurses _is_ compiled
> without termcap fallback.  From ncurses-1.9.8a-5.diff.gz:

All problems aside, shouldn't somebody also fix the termcap file to
remove the offending slashes?  I did that on my machine.  There were
only a half-dozen or so bad etries.  I seem to recall having another
program give the same error, but I can't remember which anymore.

                                        Brian
                               ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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