#12282: Fix strcmp() with NULL argument in termcap library
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Reporter: jdemeyer | Owner: tbd
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: blocker | Milestone: sage-4.8
Component: packages | Keywords: sd35.5
Work_issues: | Upstream: Reported upstream. Little or no
feedback.
Reviewer: | Author: Jeroen Demeyer
Merged: | Dependencies:
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Comment(by ppurka):
Replying to [comment:22 jdemeyer]:
> Replying to [comment:19 leif]:
> > In principle we could drop the spkg, since there are [newer]
replacements on every supported system AFAIK.
> If this is true, then I would support this. I don't know whether your
assumption ("replacements on every supported system") is true though.
This might very well be true. I see this in the README of termcap:
{{{
However, use of termcap is discouraged. Termcap is
being phased out in favor of the terminfo-based ncurses library, which
contains an emulation of the termcap library routines in addition to
an excellent curses implementation. ncurses is available from the
usual GNU archive sites.
}}}
terminfo seems to be around since 1981. That's a long enough time for all
systems to have caught up by now. Other websites:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/terminfo/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminfo
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