Debian bug report logs - #836 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#836: Possible bugs in termcap system Reply-To: "Emilio C. Lopes" , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: "Emilio C. Lopes" Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 22:03:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 22:03:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 042421581415518; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 21:58:14 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s3W66-00063NC; Mon, 24 Apr 95 14:55 PDT Received: from USPIF.IF.USP.BR ([143.107.249.64]) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA16030 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Mon, 24 Apr 1995 14:55:08 -0700 Received: by if.usp.br (MX V4.1 VAX) id 402; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 18:53:22 GMT-03:00 Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 18:53:21 GMT-03:00 From: "Emilio C. Lopes" To: DEBIAN-BUGS@PIXAR.COM Cc: ecl@if.usp.br Message-Id: <0098F5FD.22882B20.402@if.usp.br> Hi! Problems I noted regarding TERMCAP: 1- I think it is necessary to have tset installed, in order to export correctly the vars TERMCAP, LINES, COLUMNS. I could not make GIT work without tset. Anyway, I'm not a TERMCAP expert, but, usually, tset is a "standard" in base systems. 2- The only way to have a "clear" program is installing ncurses-runtime. The problem is that I DON'T want to install ncurses-runtime and DO want a "clear" program. Can't you provide a TERMCAP version of "clear"? 3- The termcaps in /etc/termcaps are a mess! The descriptions of con80x30, e.g., has fewer "capabilities" than con80x25 (and no, there is not a "tc="). Is there anyone working on a decent termcap? 4- The setterm utility would be fine. It could be called, e.g., by /etc/init.d/console to set the blanking time and a lot of other things. 5- This one regards ncurses-runtime package: % tput init or % tput reset core dumps. I'm at your disposal if you want more info. Regards, -- Emilio C. Lopes E-mail: ecl@gluon.if.usp.br Instituto de Fisica ecl@if.usp.br or ecl@uspif.if.usp.br Universidade de Sao Paulo ecl%uspif@brfapesp.bitnet Caixa Postal 66318 uspif::ecl 05389-970 Sao Paulo - SP Phone: (55)(11) 818-6724 (Voice) BRAZIL (55)(11) 814-0503 (Fax) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: "Emilio C. Lopes" Subject: Bug#836: Acknowledgement (was: Possible bugs in termcap system) In-Reply-To: <0098F5FD.22882B20.402@if.usp.br> References: <0098F5FD.22882B20.402@if.usp.br> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#836" or "Re: Bug#836" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Your message didn't have a Package: line at the start (in the pseudo-header following the real mail header), or didn't have a psuedo-header at all. This makes it much harder for us to categorise and deal with your problem report; please ensure that you say which package(s) and version(s) the problem is with next time. Some time in the future the problem reports system may start rejecting such messages. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-request: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 11 15:47:38 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t39w1-000AyqC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 15:47 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA11634 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-request-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:47:14 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:51 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:51 EST From: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) To: debian-bugs-request@pixar.com reassign 836 (base) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov