bin/71801: [patch] Add ncurses utility programs: infocmp, tic and toe.

[Thomas Dickey]

The following reply was made to PR bin/71801; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey at his.com>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, thierry at FreeBSD.org, dickey at his.com
Cc:  
Subject: re: bin/71801: [patch] Add ncurses utility programs: infocmp,
 tic and toe.
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:42:17 -0500

 --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
 Content-Disposition: inline
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
 ncurses 5.6 provides support for hashed-databases, in the general style
 of the FreeBSD src/lib/libncurses base.  If properly configured, it can
 (still) read the termcap hashed database, and read/write a similar
 terminfo database.
 
 Since the customized source in FreeBSD, e.g.,
 
 	http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libncurses/termcap.c
 
 is all based on the upstream source with minor 1- 2-line changes,
 it would be simple for someone to update the sources and have less
 work to do to keep up with the upstream development.
 
 	http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/devel/ncurses/Makefile
 
 Furthermore, I note that the most recent change to the ncurses port
 dropped the terminfo database entirely, e.g., in
 
 	http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/devel/ncurses/Makefile
 
 so there is no compatibility consideration for the port at this time that
 would preclude using the terminfo hashed databases rather than the
 directory tree.  In fact, since there is no terminfo database now,
 the port itself is defective since it no longer provides many of the
 terminal types used from other systems.
 
 Short: redirect this toward fixing the port by adding the utilities there.
 
 --=20
 Thomas E. Dickey <dickey at invisible-island.net>
 http://invisible-island.net
 ftp://invisible-island.net
 
 --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF
 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
 Content-Description: Digital signature
 Content-Disposition: inline
 
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
 Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
 
 iD8DBQFFkng5cCNT4PfkjtsRAgWZAJoDrIZDt75WalUyeo+g+TG2vmE0agCfUYQq
 qJhVxayTVCECvg2it20JgIk=
 =+uN8
 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
 
 --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF--