Bug 7060 – baselayout 1.8.2 /etc/termcap problem

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Jon Nelson (RETIRED) 2002-08-26 11:23:59 UTC]

Since emerging baselayout 1.8.2, using screen (not sure if it happens
otherwise), I get this every time I open a new vt:

"/etc/termcap", line 2331, terminal 'hpansi': exit_am_mode but no enter_am_mode
"/etc/termcap", line 2385, terminal 'iris-ansi': save_cursor but no restore_cursor
"/etc/termcap", line 2403, terminal 'iris-ansi-ap': save_cursor but no
restore_cursor
"/etc/termcap", line 4359, terminal 'vi603': enter_insert_mode but no
exit_insert_mode
"/etc/termcap", line 8138, terminal 'dg+ccc': set_color_pair but no initialize_pair
"/etc/termcap", line 8508, terminal 'd430c-dg-ccc': set_color_pair but no
initialize_pair
"/etc/termcap", line 9587, terminal 'hp+color': set_color_pair but no
initialize_pair
"/etc/termcap", line 9595, terminal 'hp2397a': set_color_pair but no initialize_pair

[Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2002-08-26 12:39:14 UTC]

Jon, any chance Debian got a nice working /etc/termcap ?  Please mail me
it if so, thanks.

I would like to leave it out, but app-editors/vi (in console) and rhide
needs it (among things).

[Comment 2 Jon Nelson (RETIRED) 2002-08-26 13:20:11 UTC]

Don't ask me why, but it's gone now.

Grr!

[Comment 3 Jon Nelson (RETIRED) 2002-09-03 09:20:51 UTC]

I lied -- it's still there.
I had forgotten I'd made the prior statement, it's been there the whole time.
It takes quite a bit of time sometimes to start up.
I'll look into the Debian termcap.

[Comment 4 Jon Nelson (RETIRED) 2002-09-03 09:27:57 UTC]

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/oldlibs/termcap-compat.html
has a link where you can download the termcap tarball.
termtypes.tc contains the Debian-modified termcap (I would recommend this one,
the modifications are 'good'), and termtypes.tc~ contains the original.
Although an older termcap, it's much faster, and shorter by about 10%

Please note that I feel that there should be a termcap-compat package as well.
No reason to have a 700KB file in /etc if there isn't need for one.

[Comment 5 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2002-09-03 14:01:13 UTC]

So this one works fine for you ?

[Comment 6 Jon Nelson (RETIRED) 2002-09-03 14:12:22 UTC]

It seems much better, but there is still a delay.
The $60,000 question is why screen cares about termcap anyway.
It's probably being compiled incorrectly -- I'll look into this.

[Comment 7 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2002-09-03 16:08:49 UTC]

*ncurses-5.2.20020511-r2 (3 Sep 2002)
*ncurses-5.2-r6 (3 Sep 2002)

Have --disable-termcap added to ./configure.  Updating to one of these versions,
and then remerging screen should fix this.