On 2011-08-17 16:34 +0200, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> Package: ncurses-term
> Version: 5.7+20101128-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Running rxvt-unicode 9.09, it comes up with TERM=rxvt-256color.
> terminfo has kbs=^H, which seems wrong, as C-v Backspace gives ^?. If
> I run rxvt 2.6.4 on the same system, it comes up with TERM=rxvt, and
> kbs=\177. Shouldn't rxvt-256color have the same kbs setting as rxvt?
Yes, it should.
> (Tom Dickey advised this is a packaging bug, not an upstream ncurses
> bug; he wrote:
>
> well... All of the kbs stuff is done by the Debian packager.
That's right, Debian deviates from upstream in this regard, see the
Policy manual¹ for details. With rxvt terminfo entries it's even worse
since we ship an own rxvt.ti file in the debian/ directory that hasn't
been updated for ages and has no rxvt-256color entry. Probably we
should get rid of that file.
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
> APT prefers natty-updates
> APT policy: (500, 'natty-updates'), (500, 'natty-security'), (500, 'natty')
In oneiric there is an rxvt-unicode-256color in universe that's probably
a better choice for a terminal emulator.
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
For instance it supports UTF-8, unlike rxvt.
Cheers,
Sven
¹ http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.8
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