On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Dan Hulme wrote: > I happen to have a terminfo database installed in > [/usr/share/misc/terminfo]. It really is just a symlink to > [/usr/compat/linux/usr/share/terminfo]. Therefore, my build failed, and > didn't give me any helpful information when it did so. After tracking > down the culprit scripts, I still didn't know what was wrong, because I > didn't understand how ncurses deals with terminfo/termcap. Now that I > understand it, I think that something should be changed to deal with > this possibility. Did you put this there yourself? Why not just move it in to /usr/compat/linux, if linux is the only thing using terminfo? Linux apps will still find it by the /compat/linux redirection and it stays safely hidden from everything else. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.orgReceived on Wed Dec 17 2003 - 08:17:47 UTC
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