l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Mathieu Lirzin <m...@gnu.org> skribis: [...] >> + (native-search-paths >> + (list (search-path-specification >> + (variable "TERMINFO_DIRS") >> + (files '("share/terminfo"))))) > > This should be in the ncurses package itself, since it is “owned” by > ncurses, not rxvt. > > However, there’s the limitation that, currently, --search-paths > advertises the variables of things that are explicitly in the profile. > Ncurses is usually not in the profile; it is a dependency of something > that is in the profile. Thus, people wouldn’t see anything about > TERMINFO_DIRS in practice (we have the same problem with OpenSSL, > GStreamer, and other librairies that have associated variables.) > > Long story short, I would avoid adding this ‘native-search-paths’ here, > but I’m OK with it since that would make the thing usable, provided > there’s a big FIXME in there. > > WDYT?
It makes sense. Since it is quite complicated, what about creating a bug report explaining the problem and make the comment refer to it like this: ;; FIXME: This is not located in `ncurses' for usability reasons. See ;; https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=XXXXX WDYT? Can you take care of creating the bug report or propose an appropriate FIXME comment? I don't feel up to explaining this myself. Thanks, -- Mathieu Lirzin