Debian bug report logs - #1498, boring messages

Subject: Bug#1498: nvi-1.34.7 and termcap problem
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From: Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl>
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Hi,

Here is one problem with nvi-1.34-7: it gets a SEGV when TERM is not
defined in the environment or if it is an unknown terminal type (not
found in /etc/termcap).  BTW: /etc/termcap does not define the "linux"
terminal type (terminfo is ok) - that's why I found the problem with
nvi (after booting the kernel built from source-1.2.13-2 which sets
TERM=linux by default).

I suggest to fix nvi to display some nice message (like elvis does)
instead of crashing if terminal type is unknown, and add "linux" as
alias for "console" in /etc/termcap.

I couldn't find part of what package is /etc/termcap - it probably
came from the base installation disks.

Marek

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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Subject: Bug#1498: Acknowledgement (was: nvi-1.34.7 and termcap problem)
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reassign 1498 nvi