Bug 722682

Summary:	x11-terms/alacritty: terminfo is missing
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Aliaksei Urbanski <aliaksei.urbanski>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	floppym
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/blob/master/INSTALL.md#terminfo
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Description Aliaksei Urbanski 2020-05-12 12:34:27 UTC

Hello,

I found that there is no corresponding terminfo file at /usr/share/terminfo after installing of x11-terms/alacritty.
The lack of terminfo causes issues for applications that use certain capabilities, e.g. it breaks scrolling when GNU Screen is launched.

Please consider adding a terminfo file for alacritty.
Thanks!

Best regards,
Aliaksei

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2020-05-12 15:42:14 UTC

It is shipped with ncurses.

% qfile /usr/share/terminfo/a/alacritty
sys-libs/ncurses: /usr/share/terminfo/a/alacritty

What version of ncurses do you have installed? Does it not provide this file?

Comment 2 Aliaksei Urbanski 2020-05-12 16:06:47 UTC

Hello Mike,

Ah, it's my fault. The file is actually there.
$ equery b /usr/share/terminfo/a/alacritty
 * Searching for /usr/share/terminfo/a/alacritty ...
sys-libs/ncurses-6.2-r1 (/usr/share/terminfo/a/alacritty)

I was trying to find it with
$ equery f alacritty | grep terminfo
and wasn't expecting that it comes with ncurses.
So closing this issue now.

But the issue with GNU Screen is still there, probably due to missing capabilities in the terminfo file.
It forces me to add the following line to my screenrc:
termcapinfo alacritty ti@:te@

I'll try to figure out on what side the problem is and submit a corresponding report.

Thank you for your help!