Mathieu Lirzin <m...@gnu.org> skribis: > 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.
Good idea. It’s at <https://bugs.gnu.org/22138>. Thanks, Ludo’.