On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 09:46:49AM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > On 5/17/21 5:19 AM, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > On Sun, 16 May 2021 19:03:07 +0200 > > Baptiste Daroussin <b...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 09:01:53AM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > > > > There was a recent discussion about a terminal database update and the > > > > new > > > > Alternate Screen behavior. I'm curious about the resolution, but I > > > > can't > > > > find that discussion. Would someone kindly send a clue-by-four via > > > > overnight express? > > > > > > > > Ultimately, I'd like to know how to get the old behavior back, with no > > > > alternate screen, and thereby reduce my blood pressure. > > > > > > > > Alternatively yours, > > > > > > The replies you are receiving are interesting as none of them are right... > > > > > > What has been done, it now ncurses from base reads both terminfo and > > > termcap DB. > > > It is looking up for terminfo db from localbase as well. > > > > > > Base only provides termcap (the old termcap definition, nothing new in > > > there). > > > if one want the terminfo database which supports alternate screen > > > definition, > > > he/shre can just pkg install terminfo-db. > > > > > > > But in March terminfo was being built and installed. Maybe he failed to > > delete /usr/share/terminfo after the change. Or was simply not aware that > > he had to do that. > > Thanks for the help, everyone. Deleting /usr/share/terminfo fixed the > problem. (I don't have the terminfo-db package installed.) > > Bapt, was this intentionally omitted from ObsoleteFiles.inc, or was that an > oversight? > > Cheers, > > Eric
It is in ObsoleteFiles.inc # 20210318: remove the terminfo database Bapt _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
