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Bug 133300 - Terminfo not complete
Summary: Terminfo not complete
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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: 141358 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2006-05-14 09:08 UTC by UncleOwen
Modified: 2006-07-22 02:08 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description UncleOwen 2006-05-14 09:08:12 UTC
I have two gentoo boxes (let's call them box1 and box2). Box1 has rxvt-unicode installed, box2 does not. Now when I do this...

box1 $ ssh box2
box2 $ screen
Cannot find terminfo entry for 'rxvt-unicode'.

Umm... that's not right. IMHO the default terminfo database (or whatever screen is using) should contain entries for at least all terminals in portage.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-05-14 09:14:57 UTC
rxvt-unicode installs its own terminfo (likewise eterm etc.), so you'd get just collisions. Use scp to copy it to the boxes where you need it.
Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-07-22 00:51:30 UTC
*** Bug 141358 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 sfp-a7x 2006-07-22 02:08:18 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> rxvt-unicode installs its own terminfo (likewise eterm etc.), so you'd get 
> just collisions.

Why not take /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode out of x11-terms/rxvt-unicode and put it into sys-libs/ncurses?

> Use scp to copy it to the boxes where you need it.

I personally see this as a temporary workaround, not a clean solution.  I don't think many users will know to do this.  Even if they did, things get slightly more complicated if they don't have root access on the remote box.

I personally feel that operations as simple and common as sshing to a remote box should simply work -- no futzing necessary.