After installing packages=rxvt-unicode-* on a fresh cygwin, and starting `urxvt-X`, I got
me@it ~ $ info cygwin > info: Terminal type `rxvt-unicode' is not smart enough to run Info. Google pointed me to http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-06/msg00009.html where I noted Charles Wilson Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:27:05 -0400 > Programs compiled against ncurses anytime in the last 2-3 months now over 2 yrs ago > use the "new" terminfo database, which organizes the entries by the > 2-char hex code of the first letter[.] Older programs continue to > use the "old" terminfo database. Both databases coexist in the > /usr/share/terminfo directory. The rxvt-unicode postinstall script > will install a copy of the correct entry into both databases, but > ONLY if you have the correct program(s) installed: > /usr/bin/tic.exe from the ncurses package (most everybody will have > this) --> installs into the "new" database under .../72/ > /usr/bin/tic0.exe from the 'tic0' package (few people install this) > --> installs into the "old" database under .../u/ > To get this "right", first install the 'tic0' package, and then > (re)install the rxvt-unicode-common package. I did that, and now can `info cygwin`. But ... > Note that in most cases (e.g. cygwin installations that were "in > service" prior to 2-3 months ago, and had installed rxvt-unicode > "back then") already had the "old" database entry installed -- and > so only need the "new" one which *does* happen automagically. It's > the mix of "I want to use an old program that hasn't been recompiled > against the new ncurses, AND I am just now installing rxvt-unicode > for the first time, AND I'm using the old program from inside this > spiffy new terminal" that causes problems. ... in my case, that appears to be false. I installed a brand new cygwin onto a cygwin-virginal, just been imaged, box, then installed rxvt-unicode-* on it days later. Certainly I have no interest in using some "old program that hasn't been recompiled against the new ncurses": I just want cygwin (which I regularly recommended to OP) to work OOTB. So ISTM (unless I'm missing something, in which case, please enlighten me), there's a bug here. Either - `info` is 'an old program that hasn't been recompiled against the new ncurses', and should be. - install of packages=rxvt-unicode-* should do what's necessary to install files=rxvt-unicode* into /usr/share/terminfo/r/, i.e., make package=tic0 an install-time dependency. If there is another case, or if further debugging is required, please let me know. Else, please let me know if/how I should file the bug. TIA, Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple