Re: screen on 64-bit mangles mintty/buffer

[Andrew Schulman <schulman dot andrew at epa dot gov>]

<snip>

> The 32-bit defines TERMINFO:
> 
> config.h:
> 
> /*
>   * Define TERMINFO if your machine emulates the termcap routines
>   * with the terminfo database.
>   * Thus the .screenrc file is parsed for
>   * the command 'terminfo' and not 'termcap'.
>   */
> #define TERMINFO 1
> 
> configure.log:
> 
> configure:5025: $? = 0
> configure:5025: ./conftest.exe
> configure:5025: $? = 1
> configure: program exited with status 1
> 
> configure:
> 
> if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
>    echo "- you use the termcap database" 1>&6
> 
> else
>    echo "- you use the terminfo database" 1>&6
>   $as_echo "#define TERMINFO 1" >>confdefs.h
> 
> fi
> 
> 
> the 64-bit does not:
> 
> /* #undef TERMINFO */
> 
> configure:5025: $? = 0
> configure:5025: ./conftest.exe
> configure:5025: $? = 0
> 
> I can't understand why the ./conftest.exe differ. Trying to emulate by
> hand, I cannot reproduce it. But it is now very late here, and I can't
> debug anymore.
> 
> I'm hoping that I've provided enough of a lead for someone of authority
> to decide where things are right, and where things are wrong.

Yes, I think so!

Thanks a lot, Shaddy.  That takes us a long way to a solution.  I'll look
at it from there as soon as I can.


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