[Buildroot] [Bug 5318] New: Grub requires package rxvt to configure

[Buildroot] [Bug 5318] New: Grub requires package rxvt to configure

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=5318

           Summary: Grub requires package rxvt to configure
           Product: buildroot
           Version: 2012.02
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: unassigned at buildroot.uclibc.org
        ReportedBy: noel.roberts at brisbane.qld.gov.au
                CC: buildroot at uclibc.org
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


It seems package rxvt is required, however the rxvt package has been removed
from Buildroot (according to a one-liner in the CHANGELIST).

Buildroot build completes and doesn't return an error.
However, when attempting to run grub, grub returns:

#grub
Probing device to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
Error opening terminal: rxvt.

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[Buildroot] [Bug 5318] Grub requires package rxvt to configure

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=5318

ATeamDev <noel.roberts@brisbane.qld.gov.au> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Build|                            |buildroot-2012.05
             Target|                            |i386 / 486

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[Buildroot] [Bug 5318] Grub requires package rxvt to configure

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=5318

--- Comment #1 from Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> 2012-06-20 07:00:41 UTC ---
It very likely instead related to a dependency on rxvt, it would make no sense
for grub to depend on rxvt. The problem must be a might more complicated than
that, I'd say.

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[Buildroot] [Bug 5318] Grub requires package rxvt to configure

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=5318

Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #2 from Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> 2013-05-26 15:37:50 UTC ---
The error was not related to Buildroot. When grub is linked with ncurses, it
uses the TERM environment variable to know which terminal type to use. In your
case, the TERM environment variable was set to rxvt, so it was trying to use
one. But you can set TERM to 'vt220' or to 'linux', and grub will not require
rxvt.

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