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Re: Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- To: Harold Hunt <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 04:14:40 -0400
- Subject: Re: Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0
- References: <LMBBIFHAFADOGLGOEFONKEMOGFAA.bax3@bigfoot.com> <NHEELHJHHFKPMAEAFMFCCEHJCNAA.huntharo@msu.edu> <3CD63B20.7010003@ece.gatech.edu>
Sorry, I sent this to cygwin@ instead of cygwin-xfree@, which is where
this message belongs...
Charles Wilson wrote:
> I maintain the ncurses and terminfo packages for cygwin. I've been
> wondering, should I update the "official" cygwin terminfo entry for
> xterm using the XFree86-4.2.0 one? I've been hesistant to do that until
> now, for fear of backwards incompatibilities. However, now that there
> are official, setup-compatible packages for cygwin-xfree86 -- then the
> actual xterm.exe that is provided by the official cygwin package system
> IS the one from XFree86. So, I suppose cygwin's terminfo database
> should reflect that?
>
> Comments?
>
> --Chuck
>
> Harold Hunt wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> Have you tried installing Cygwin/XFree86 via Cygwin's setup.exe? I'd
>> like
>> to know if the described problem is prevented from occuring with this new
>> method (within the last two weeks). If so, I can check this item off my
>> to-do list, as very few users will install via the Xinstall.sh script.
>