Debian bug report logs - #836 Possible bugs in termcap system Package: (base) ; Reported by: "Emilio C. Lopes" ; 190 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug assigned to package `(base)'. Request was from imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From if.usp.br!ecl Mon Apr 24 14:55:16 1995 Return-Path: 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> Subject: Possible bugs in termcap system 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to "Emilio C. Lopes" : New bug report received and forwarded. 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. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#836 . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov