Re: xterm and xterm-debian
>>>>> "Arrigo" == Arrigo Triulzi <a.triulzi@ic.ac.uk> writes:
Arrigo> I have a large network of Debian 1.3.1r8 boxes and I am
Arrigo> test-upgrading one of the machines (to see pitfalls and
Arrigo> problems before I take the plunge). The main issue is
Arrigo> xterm telling the world it is xterm-debian.
Arrigo> In a single workstation world it is al very well but in a
Arrigo> real university situation I have Suns, DEC alphas etc. all
Arrigo> complaining about the unknown terminal. I cannot go round
Arrigo> half the world (i.e. wherever students and lecturers have
Arrigo> accounts) adding xterm-debian to termcaps and terminfos
Arrigo> because a) I don't have accounts there, b) the number of
Arrigo> machines out there is rather large.
You can just edit /etc/X11/Xresources and comment out/change
XTerm*termName . This should probably be shouted from the rooftops
in xbase's postinst upon an upgrade, or in a README.
Ben
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