[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It fixed something which was broken since Solaris 2.0; it now works again
> as it did in SunOS 4.x and before.
>
> It's a religious issue and I think it now works again as it did in
> other OSes since a long time.
The problem is that these databases are wrong in many cases and that
the progrmas that use them in many cases don't use them correctly.
Doing things right in the database may cause a program to fail.
> But it's largely a religious issue, as our internal mailing list
> discussions on this subject also reflect. You can set your own
> TERMINFO to point to your own tic(1m) compiled xterm entry which you
> can copy from an older build.
>
> (I've used my own entry since 1992 because I vastly prefer the new
> behaviour; and I was always annoyed when logged directly as root and
> did not have my own TERMINFO)
Terminfo is bynary and is not binary compatible between Solaris and HP-UX.
This is a strong reason for me to avoid terminfo whereever possible.
Termcap is a text file and a modern termcap implementation has the advantage
that you may have a .termap file in your home directory that really works on
every platform and just overwrites the terminal entries you usually like to
correct.
Jörg
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