#3001 closed task (fixed)
xterm instruction forcing TERMINFO=/usr/lib/terminfo
| Reported by: | omero | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | BOOK | Version: | SVN |
| Severity: | medium | Keywords: | xterm terminfo ncurses |
| Cc: |
Description
In current blfs-svn book, the xterm chapter will force configuration with TERMINFO=/usr/lib/terminfo, whit the following rationale:
TERMINFO=/usr/lib/terminfo: This ensures that the xterm terminfo file is installed to the system terminfo database when the installation prefix is not /usr.
However, Ncurses-5.7 (lfs-6.5, chapter 6) gets configured to store terminfo database in /usr/share/terminfo (`tic' command uses that path by default).
Change History (8)
comment:1 by , 17 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
This should be easy enough to close as soon as I get Xterm installed and tested. Ncurses now creates the compatibility symlink, so the issue is moot.
I'll close this ticket once Xterm get updated to point at /usr/share instead of /usr/lib for the terminfo database.
comment:5 by , 15 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Status: | assigned → new |
comment:6 by , 15 years ago
| Milestone: | 6.7 → current |
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comment:7 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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I used a modified instruction and created a symlink /usr/lib/terminfo that points to /usr/share/terminfo. The following files are then overwritten.
I really don't see any harm in the xterm package overwriting xterm config files from the Ncurses packages.
Thoughts from others are encouraged.