kern/180569: cannot change termcap

[Kip Coul]

>Number:         180569
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       cannot change termcap
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 15 08:40:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kip Coul
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.1 amd64
>Organization:
Medlo
>Environment:
FreeBSD freebsd 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243825: Tue Dec 4 09:23:10 UTC 2012 root at farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
It's impossible to change a termcap entry.
It seems like termcap entries are engraved in stone inside FreeBSD's code and cannot be modified in /etc/termcap
>How-To-Repeat:
Edit /etc/termcap
Change any entry (say, for example xterm since it's the default)
Apply the modifications using cap_mkdb
cap_mkdb -f /usr/share/misc/termcap /etc/termcap

make sure /etc/ttys uses the entry you have modified

Reboot
See that the entry you modified has not changed.
>Fix:


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