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and subject line Not a screen bug; and current dircolors handles screen* TERM
values
has caused the Debian Bug report #622265,
regarding TERM=screen.mlterm breaks dircolors
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Package: screen
Version: 4.0.3-14
As for TERM=screen.mlterm, the output of dircolors empties.
$ echo $TERM
mlterm
$ dircolors
LS_COLORS='rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;...
export LS_COLORS
$ screen
$ echo $TERM
screen.mlterm
$ dircolors
LS_COLORS='';
export LS_COLORS
$ exit
$ TERM=screen screen
$ echo $TERM
screen
$ dircolors
LS_COLORS='rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;...
export LS_COLORS
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notfound 622265 5.0.1-2
tags 622265 + unreproducible wontfix
thanks
Hi,
I am unable to reproduce this bug on a modern version of screen +
coreutils/dircolors.
dircolors uses its own database (not terminfo), and current defaults
include matching TERM patterns such as screen* (and also mlterm), so
LS_COLORS is populated.
Closing this as stale/unreproducible; not a screen bug; and seems to
have been fixed by coreutils now.
Cheers,
Peter Dey
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