Bug#3297: No eterm entry in terminfo.
Package: ncurses-base, ncurses-term
Version: 1.9.8a
Having both ncurses packages installed, there's still no Emacs terminal
information:
marin1% ls
ls
[0m#INBOX#[0m [32mprivate_html[0m
[0m5001.DSC_Spec.pdf[0m [32mpsutils-1.16[0m
marin2% echo $TERM
echo $TERM
unknown
marin3% export TERM=eterm
export TERM=eterm
zsh: can't find termcap info for eterm
marin4% export TERM=emacs
export TERM=emacs
zsh: can't find termcap info for emacs
marin5%
(note that zsh complains about termcap info missing although it really
uses terminfo! I have an /etc/termcap with an eterm entry, adn it does
not even look at it...).
The eterm entry is in ncurses since a long time, why is it omitted from
the distributed packages?
Yves.
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