Re: [PATCH 2/2] ncurses: stop moving terminfo files from /usr/share to /etc

[Paul Barker <paul@pbarker.dev>]

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On Thu, 2026-07-23 at 09:40 +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> From: Rasmus Villemoes <ravi@prevas.dk>
> 
> Why it is done that way is lost in history; the gentoo reference
> doesn't help much, as gentoo nowadays certainly doesn't move the
> terminfo files around like that.
> 
> This also drops the xterm -> xterm-color symlink. I don't think that
> symlink is appropriate nowadays either, as running
> 
>   infocmp -L -d xterm xterm-color
> 
> shows that "xterm" (aka xterm-new, aka xterm-p370) has far more
> capabilities than "xterm-color". So instead, just add plain 'xterm' to
> the TERMINFO_BASE variable.
> 
> Moreover, as the xterm -> xterm-color symlink only existed under /etc,
> people who install the full ncurses-terminfo would have a
> /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm which did not match /etc/terminfo/x/xterm,
> and which one an application would pick up is not obvious.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <ravi@prevas.dk>

Hi Rasmus,

The change looks good, please re-submit a v2 with the incorrect gentoo
reference dropped from the commit message.

Best regards,

-- 
Paul Barker


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