Package: ncurses-bin Version: 5.7+20100313-5 Severity: normal
There is no way to install e.g. the terminfo file from rxvt-unicode on debian, which contains both rxvt-unicode (stored in /etc) and rxvt-unicode-256color (stored in /usr/share): "tic rxvt-unicode.terminfo" writes both rxvt-unicode and rxvt-unicode-256color to /usr/share/terminfo, leaving the copy in /etc/terminfo intact (leading to problems because -256color references rxvt-unicode), while specifying /etc/terminfo writes both entries to that location, also wrong, even though this time at leats works. I think tic should overwrite existing entries in debian unless specifically requested not to, and, if that is not possible, should be changed to write to /etc/terminfo, as that is the real system terminfo directory. Maybe one could also change search order to first look in /usr/share and then in /etc, which would make it possible to override saettings in /etc. Or something like that, the situation seems pretty mesed up :=) -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ncurses-bin depends on: hi libc6 2.13-23 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand ncurses-bin recommends no packages. ncurses-bin suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
