The easiest way to change this is to add something like:

Rxvt*termName: xterm
XTerm*termName: xterm

to ~/.Xresources

I noticed this too, and quickly changed my resources... maybe the question
should be asked on debian-devel?

later, -m

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Josh Huber wrote:

> Why does debian choose to set the TERM variable to xterm-debian, thereby 
> making programs complain about unknown term types on remote machines?
> 
> Is there a way to easily change this?
> 
> Josh
> 
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