Hi Paul,
Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> So, something that used to work and now does not -- the boilerplate
> definition of a regression,
No, it's no regression in this case:
Screen's behaviour hasn't changed at all. But it's long-standing
behaviour relies a lot on which termcap definitions are available, and
that depends on ncurses-term being installed or not on the remote (and
partially also on the local) side as well as which termcap definitions
are in ncurses-base and which are in ncurses-term. And that changes
over time. See the README "that nobody reads".
IMHO this is neither a regression nor an issue with screen's code nor
can it be fixed without causing _real_ regressions, which I'd like to
avoid.
It might be an issue with the logic implemented in screen since many,
many years if not decades. But I surely won't change such a
long-standing behaviour as a distribution-only patch.
Regards, Axel
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