Reason for reordering /usr/share/misc/termcap.src for /usr/share/misc/termcap ?

[Erik Trulsson]

Quoting Thomas Dickey <dickey at his.com>:

> ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Kirk McKusick" <mckusick at mckusick.com>
> | To: "Garrett Cooper" <yaneurabeya at gmail.com>
> | Cc: "Erik Trulsson" <Erik.Trulsson.1013 at student.uu.se>, "FreeBSD  
> Hackers" <freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org>,
> | jkh at freebsd.org, dickey at his.com
> | Sent: Monday, December 8, 2014 11:51:37 AM
> | Subject: Re: Reason for reordering /usr/share/misc/termcap.src for  
> /usr/share/misc/termcap ?
> ...
> |
> | I believe Erik Trulsson's answer is correct. Termcap had grown very
> | large and on sub-1-MIP computers took a noticable delay to read on
> | every startup of programs using it. So, it was reordered to reduce
> | the startup time on common terminals. As Erik points out this
> | optimization
> | is no longer necessary as termcap is now placed in a database. Not to
> | mention that there are far fewer entries in it today than there were
> | at the peak of its existence.
>
> Actually, the current file in the repository is 10% longer (4667  
> lines vs 4007) than the first check-in.
> Where might I find a larger example (of BSD termcap) such as you are  
> referring to?

If you want to see an absolutely enormous version of termcap.src you  
can look at the one found inside  
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/termcap/termcap-1.3.1.tar.gz