2012/2/2, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de>: > Yes, with the caveat that they will face problems connecting to other > systems from within the chroot, since xterm-xxxx does not exist in > non-Debian systems. So if the chroot is never used with a Debian > kernel, overriding the xterm terminfo is certainly preferable.
ISTR when I added the TERM=xterm-new advice it was only as a "just in case" warning. I just installed a Debian chroot in my FreeBSD VM and verified that it's not needed, at least for normal use of backspace / delete in emacs, nano and zile. No problem then, thanks for warning us. [1] Btw they have a debootstrap port, ain't this nice? > (If you use zsh, this can be abbreviated to > # tic -o /etc/terminfo =(infocmp xterm | sed 's/kbs=\\177/kbs=\^H/'), > but that cute feature is not available in bash.) You might be interested in: $ diff -u <(echo foo) <(echo bar) --- /dev/fd/63 2012-02-05 12:46:14.000000000 +0100 +++ /dev/fd/62 2012-02-05 12:46:14.000000000 +0100 @@ -1 +1 @@ -foo +bar -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOfDtXOH3S3r7pJAa_Wy3=-NUbUoAzT=dvJGi7TU+Tpz+=-f...@mail.gmail.com
