37064 – termcap is super obsolete (coreutils-5.0.91-r3)

Bug 37064 - termcap is super obsolete (coreutils-5.0.91-r3)

Summary: termcap is super obsolete (coreutils-5.0.91-r3)

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 37026

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

URL:	file://lib/libtermcap.*
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Duplicates (1):	37065 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2004-01-02 17:20 UTC by Martin Flugeldufel
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Martin Flugeldufel 2004-01-02 17:20:36 UTC

Installing coreutils (unstable), it pulls in libtermcap-compat (should be
terminfo). Termcap has been declared obsolete a very long time (>8 years) ago, 
in fact, other distributions only provide a libc5 version to enable REALLY 
ancient binaries to run and explicitely state new packages must NOT link to 
it. On top of that, libtermcap-compat installs libtermcap.so in /lib 
(versionless symlinks to libraries in /lib still belong in /usr/lib), causing
coreutils progs linking to libtermcap.a.

(now coreutils' binaries in /bin sum up to >2.6MB. Is bug #36453 completely
being ignored?)

Comment 1 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-02 17:30:09 UTC

*** Bug 37065 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Martin Flugeldufel 2004-01-02 18:33:23 UTC

This should be a duplicate of #37026. Just added a comment in there, I have 
no idea why the original text was sent again. Sorry for that.

Comment 3 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-02 20:44:59 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 37026 ***