Sorry, I sent this to cygwin@ instead of cygwin-xfree@, which is where this message belongs...
Charles Wilson wrote: > I maintain the ncurses and terminfo packages for cygwin. I've been > wondering, should I update the "official" cygwin terminfo entry for > xterm using the XFree86-4.2.0 one? I've been hesistant to do that until > now, for fear of backwards incompatibilities. However, now that there > are official, setup-compatible packages for cygwin-xfree86 -- then the > actual xterm.exe that is provided by the official cygwin package system > IS the one from XFree86. So, I suppose cygwin's terminfo database > should reflect that? > > Comments? > > --Chuck > > Harold Hunt wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> Have you tried installing Cygwin/XFree86 via Cygwin's setup.exe? I'd >> like >> to know if the described problem is prevented from occuring with this new >> method (within the last two weeks). If so, I can check this item off my >> to-do list, as very few users will install via the Xinstall.sh script. >
