Charles Wilson Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:27:05 -0400 >>> Note that in most cases (e.g. cygwin installations that were "in >>> service" prior to 2-3 months ago, and had installed rxvt-unicode >>> "back then") already had the "old" database entry installed -- and >>> so only need the "new" one which *does* happen automagically. It's >>> the mix of "I want to use an old program that hasn't been >>> recompiled against the new ncurses, AND I am just now installing >>> rxvt-unicode for the first time, AND I'm using the old program >>> from inside this spiffy new terminal" that causes problems.
Tom Roche Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:56:58 -0400 >> [This week] I installed a brand new cygwin onto a cygwin-virginal, >> just-been-imaged box, then installed rxvt-unicode-* on it days >> later. Certainly I have no interest in using some "old program that >> hasn't been recompiled against the new ncurses": I just want cygwin >> (which I regularly recommended to OP) to work OOTB. >> So ISTM (unless I'm missing something, in which case, please enlighten >> me), there's a bug here. Either >> - `info` is 'an old program that hasn't been recompiled against the >> new ncurses', and should be. Charles Wilson Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:28:05 -0400 > This. info.exe is linked to cygncurses-8.dll, which is the last > version of ncurses on cygwin that used the old database So ... given that (correct me if wrong) `info` is part of the base cygwin distribution, that would seem to be a bug. Am I missing something? If not, what would be the appropriate way to request this bug be fixed? Or has that request already been made? your assistance is appreciated, Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
