Re: Building ncurses...a couple of questions...
> > You can handle it by creating both /etc/terminfo and /usr/lib/terminfo > > as directories, and configuring ncurses to search them in order. Then we > > can put the linux and ansi terminfo entries in the /etc one, and everything > > else in the /usr/lib one. > > So far I have been unable to find a copy of the patch that lets you fall > back to another directory. However, support is already in there to allow I don't know that the patch even exists anymore. However, a quick and dirty hack is only a two line change in read_entry.c. David -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
Re: Building ncurses...a couple of questions...
On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, J.H.M.Dassen wrote: > I don't see the necessity of this. Take bash for instance: it uses > readline, which uses ncurses. Taking this to its logical absurdity, we get: "Let's just require that everything be on one big hard drive so it's all in the root partition so we don't have to worry about any of this." > I'd like to see a /lib/ncurses.so which uses definitions on the root > fs, in /etc. I looked at the FSSTND on the web, and it doesn't seem to forbid this, or even imply that it's "wrong". Anyone else want to venture an opinion? Mike. -- "I'm a dinosaur. Somebody's digging my bones."
Re: Building ncurses...a couple of questions...
> The answer, I think, is that anything depending on ncurses that is > expected to work without /usr will have to statically linked --- but that > should be the only change, since the static libs will also have fallback > terminal definitions compiled in. I don't see the necessity of this. Take bash for instance: it uses readline, which uses ncurses. I'd like to see a /lib/ncurses.so which uses definitions on the root fs, in /etc. Why is this not possible? Ray -- LOGIC The principle governing human intellection. Its nature may be deduced from examining the two following propositions, both of which are held by human beings to be true and often by the same people: 'I can't so you mustn't', and 'I can but you mustn't.' - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Re: Building ncurses...a couple of questions...
On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Raul Miller wrote: > I wasn't thinking about anything specific... I was just worrying about > potential configurations with no /usr partition. > I probably shouldn't have even mailed the original message. No, I think it's a valid question to bring up---I was just confused about how you phrased it. The answer, I think, is that anything depending on ncurses that is expected to work without /usr will have to statically linked --- but that should be the only change, since the static libs will also have fallback terminal definitions compiled in. Mike. -- "I'm a dinosaur. Somebody's digging my bones."
Re: Building ncurses...a couple of questions...
Please keep in mind: ncurses 1.9.7a searches the terminfo entries in - $HOME/.terminfo or, if set in $TERMINFO and then in - /etc/terminfo (this is the debian-special for /usr/lib/terminfo) The first could provide a scheme for startup (/usr not mounted) without hacking the sources further. mfg Rolf Rossius
Re: Building ncurses...a couple of questions...
For the list of terminals, I would appreciate vt200 (i.e., vt220) in the list too. I work at a place where vt220s are all over the place, and using a real termcap for a vt220 is much better than using the vt100 termcap. -- ++ | Erik Talvola [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | PRC Public Sector Inc. 415-281-4671 FAX: 415-281-4686 | || | "Don't mistake lack of talent for genius." | ++
Re: Building ncurses...a couple of questions...
I meant turn off the "fallback to termcap" code. Please enable the fallback to compiled-in-terminfo . Thanks Bruce -- Visit the "Toy Story" Web Page! http://www.toystory.com
Re: Building ncurses...a couple of questions...
Raul Miller: > Make sure that dselect still works right during the initial > installation. Mike Dorman: I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. I mean, I understand what you're saying, I'm just not sure what scenario you envision such that this is an issue. I wasn't thinking about anything specific... I was just worrying about potential configurations with no /usr partition. I probably shouldn't have even mailed the original message. -- Raul
