Your message dated Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:59:04 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#714387: debian-faq: Outdated information in section
4.7 (libtermcap and, termcap-compat)
has caused the Debian Bug report #714387,
regarding debian-faq: Outdated information in section 4.7 (libtermcap and,
termcap-compat)
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Package: debian-faq
Version: 5.0.1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
The information in the Debian FAQ, section 4.7, recommends installing
the termcap-compat package when a binary program requires
libtermcap.so.2 and the source is unavailable. However, termcap-compat
does not exist and has not existed since 2005. This leaves people with
thie particular problem without a way forward.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.9.2-vanillaice (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
debian-faq depends on no packages.
debian-faq recommends no packages.
Versions of packages debian-faq suggests:
ii evince [postscript-viewer] 3.4.0-3.1
ii ghostscript [postscript-viewer] 9.05~dfsg-6.3
ii iceweasel [www-browser] 10.0.12esr-1
ii links [www-browser] 2.7-1
ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.3-8
-- no debconf information
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--Joseph Lenox, BS, MS
I'm an engineer. I solve problems.
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Hi Joseph,
Thanks for filing this bugreport.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 12:22:56PM -0500, Joseph Lenox wrote:
> Package: debian-faq
> Version: 5.0.1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> The information in the Debian FAQ, section 4.7, recommends installing
> the termcap-compat package when a binary program requires
> libtermcap.so.2 and the source is unavailable. However, termcap-compat
> does not exist and has not existed since 2005. This leaves people with
> thie particular problem without a way forward.
I've applied this patch:
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--- compat.sgml (revision 10229)
+++ compat.sgml (working copy)
@@ -245,13 +245,6 @@
that require some knowledge of the terminal interface should replace
references to <tt>libtermcap</tt> with references to <tt>libncurses</tt>.
-<p>To support binaries that have already been linked with the <tt>termcap</tt>
-library, and for which you do not have the source, Debian provides a package
-called <package/termcap-compat/. This provides both <tt>libtermcap.so.2</tt>
-and <tt>/etc/termcap</tt>. Install this package if the program fails to run
-with the error message "can't load library 'libtermcap.so.2'", or complains
-about a missing <tt>/etc/termcap</tt> file.
-
<sect id="accelx">Why can't I install AccelX?
<p>AccelX uses the <tt>termcap</tt> library for installation. See
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There currently is no way to use a binary linked with termcap on a Debian
system, is there? So, indeed, if one doesn't have the source of such a binary,
we offer no way forward. Feel free to reopen this bug if you disagree.
Bye,
Joost
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