bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database
in /usr
M. Warner Losh
imp at bsdimp.com
Mon Jun 20 18:50:08 GMT 2005
The following reply was made to PR bin/80256; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com>
To: gad at freebsd.org
Cc: B.Candler at pobox.com, freebsd-current at freebsd.org,
FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database
in /usr
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:46:29 -0600 (MDT)
In message: <p06210211bed9fe36bf2d@[128.113.24.47]>
Garance A Drosehn <gad at freebsd.org> writes:
: At 1:57 PM +0100 6/18/05, Brian Candler wrote:
: >[from freebsd-current]
: >On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 12:48:04AM -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote:
: >> >Yes, I'm aware of PR bin/80256, but that appears to stalled in
: >> >a state of limbo.
: >>
: >> I've also been meaning to do something about that idea of a small
: >> termcap file. I don't remember what the PR says, but someone had a
: >> good idea of generating the minimal termcap file from the standard
: >> one, and putting that in /rescue. I have a few ideas of my own so
: >> the system would automatically pick up that minimal file. Just a
: >> matter of finding the time to test it all... :-)
: >
: >I started that PR. Subsequently there was a short discussion off-list
: >where it turned out that Warner Losh had a compact termcap file
: >which could be committed - it's attached below. However nothing
: >further happened.
:
: I am aware of Warner's termcap file, and I had talked with him earlier
: this year about committing something along those lines. I forget if
: I was going to commit his exact termcap file, or some auto-generated
: alternative, but I do have the emails around here somewhere. I know
: that *at the time* I knew what I had planned to do, and that Warner
: had nodded in general agreement to whatever that was...
See src/etc/termcap.small. Been there a long time.
Warner
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