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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