Package: termcap-compat
Version: 1.2.3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Debian Sarge uses a value of "screen.linux" for $TERM when starting the
program screen from the linux console. Thus, old non-debian binary only 
programs using termcap won't run out of the box.

A fast  solution is just to add "screen.linux" as terminal name in the
entry for screen:

--DIFF--
--- termcap     2000-02-04 04:46:26.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/termcap        2005-03-18 23:21:26.089776184 +0100
@@ -2335,7 +2335,7 @@
 # come from University of Wisconsin and may be older.
 # (screen: added :ve: on ANSI model -- esr)
 
-screen|VT 100/ANSI X3.64 virtual terminal:\
+screen|screen.linux|VT 100/ANSI X3.64 virtual terminal:\
        :am:km:mi:ms:xn:\
        :Co#8:co#80:it#8:li#24:pa#64:\
        :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:F1=\E[23~:\
--DIFF END--


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-pjw-md41300-1
Locale: LANG=, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages termcap-compat depends on:
ii  libc5                         5.4.46-15  The Linux C library version 5 (run

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