Your message dated Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:19:06 +0000
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and subject line Bug#707308: fixed in ncurses 6.6+20260608-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #707308,
regarding screen's terminfo file does not provide erase_chars
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Package: screen
Version: 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-7
Severity: normal
The terminfo entries for screen do not provide the 'erase_chars'
capability string. This should likely be the same as e.g. xterm
provides:
$ infocmp -L xterm | grep erase_chars
enter_underline_mode=\E[4m, erase_chars=\E[%p1%dX,
I expect this is an upstream bug; it's also missing from upstream
source:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/tree/src/terminfo/screeninfo.src
The screen documentation does state that ESC [ X is recognised, just its
terminfo file omits it.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages screen depends on:
ii dpkg 1.16.10
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-10
ii libc6 2.13-38
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-7.1
ii libtinfo5 5.9-10
screen recommends no packages.
Versions of packages screen suggests:
pn iselect | screenie | byobu <none>
-- debconf information excluded
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: ncurses
Source-Version: 6.6+20260608-1
Done: Sven Joachim <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ncurses, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sven Joachim <[email protected]> (supplier of updated ncurses package)
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:50:16 +0200
Source: ncurses
Architecture: source
Version: 6.6+20260608-1
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Ncurses Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Sven Joachim <[email protected]>
Closes: 707308
Changes:
ncurses (6.6+20260608-1) experimental; urgency=low
.
* New upstream patchlevel.
- Add ech to screen terminfo (Closes: #707308).
* Update symbols files.
* Update upstream signing key.
* Convert the watch files to version 5.
* Update years in debian/copyright.
* Upgrade Standards-Version to 4.7.4, no changes needed.
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