Re: screen-3.7.1-3 uploaded
On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> joost witteveen writes ("screen-3.7.1-3 uploaded"):
> ...
> > * should exec "tic /usr/doc/screen/screeninfo.src" to install
> > terminfo files, in postinst.
>
> Huh ? Doesn't this mean it writes to /usr to install the compiled
> terminfo file(s) ?
>
> Why not compile the terminfo entries at build time and just include
> them in /usr/lib/terminfo/s/screen or wherever in the .deb file ?
This is my fault actually. The problem is that the ncurses-term
package has a screen entry also. It does need it because a user could
login with screen even if screen isn't installed. So a user could
potentially lose his screen entry if he deviously installed and removed
ncurses-term. I advised Joost to leave the source in /usr/doc along
with a brief readme explaining how to run 'tic ...' on any machines
that don't have the term defn.
Michael Dorman offered to just add a screen definition to ncurses-base
and remove it from ncurses-term. That's simpler. But the above way
has the advantage that the user could add definitions for screen on
other systems, non-Debian or non-Linux systems that he logs into using
screen.
Sorry, Joost, if I gave you bad advice.
Guy
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