On 2023-01-08 18:17 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Source: unibilium
> Version: 2.1.0-1
>
> The parse-terminfo autopkgtest uses a wrong directory for terminfo files
> below /usr:
>
> ,----
> | for term in ansi xterm screen rxvt-unicode; do
> | libterm=/lib/terminfo/${term%${term#?}}/${term}
> | usrterm=/usr/${libterm}
> `----
>
> The (bulk of the) terminfo database is located below /usr/share/terminfo
> rather than /usr/lib/terminfo. For now this does not matter as we
> install the basic terminfo files in ncurses-base under /lib/terminfo,
> but after the Bookworm release I plan to relocate them to
> /usr/share/terminfo, see https://bugs.debian.org/1028202. Once that
> happens, your test will still succeed but not do anything, if I read it
> correctly.
FYI, the ncurses-base package in experimental has moved the terminfo
files to /usr/share/terminfo, and indeed the parse-terminfo autopkgtest
does not do anything[1]. Maybe it is time to upload the pending fixes,
now that Bookworm has been released?
Cheers,
Sven
1.
https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/unstable/amd64/u/unibilium/34445754/log.gz
