tags 762167: pending thanks Thanks Vincent! Committed to svn in rev 10435.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 05:02:07PM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > Package: debian-faq > Severity: wishlist > > The faq [1] says: > > Debian uses the terminfo database and the ncurses library of terminal > interface routes, rather than the termcap database and the termcap > library. Users who are compiling programs that require some knowledge > of the terminal interface should replace references to libtermcap with > references to libncurses. > > To support binaries that have already been linked with the termcap > library, and for which you do not have the source, Debian provides > a package called termcap-compat. This provides both libtermcap.so.2 > and /etc/termcap. Install this package if the program fails to run > with the error message "can't load library 'libtermcap.so.2'", or > complains about a missing /etc/termcap file. > > All of which appears to be out of date now on wheezy. > A better text might be something like: > > Debian uses the terminfo database and the ncurses library of terminal > interface routes, rather than the termcap database and the termcap > library. The low-level terminfo library has been split out from the > general ncurses library, making a new package called libtinfo5. > libncurses is linked to libtinfo, so users who are compiling programs > that require some knowledge of the terminal interface should replace > references to libtermcap with references to libncurses. > > To support binaries that have already been linked with the termcap > library, and for which you do not have the source, you will have to > find the library source and compile it yourself. Debian used to provide > a package called termcap-compat which contained both libtermcap.so.2 > and /etc/termcap, but this was removed from the distribution in 2005. > > Much of the above has been rephrased from [2] > I have no idea what I am talking about here, would someone who does please > step up and correct my mistakes. > > Kind regards > Vince > > [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-compat.en.html#s-termcap > [2] https://enc.com.au/2011/09/30/ncurses-library-split/ > > -- > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
