Stuart Henderson writes:
> On 2021-06-20, Björn Gohla <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> hi all, >> >> i have the following problem with the kitty terminal emulator: >> >> ---- >> 15:43:39 bgohla@titanic ~ $ doas pkg_add hello >> doas ([email protected]) password: >> failed termcap lookup on xterm-kitty at >> /usr/libdata/perl5/OpenBSD/ProgressMeter/Term.pm line 113. >> 15:44:02 bgohla@titanic ~ $ echo $TERM >> xterm-kitty >> 15:44:17 bgohla@titanic ~ $ >> ---- >> >> it seems the problem is that there is no entry for xterm-kitty in >> /etc/termcap. the above pkg_add invocation works when i set TERM=xterm . >> >> i suppose one could just add a termcap entry that redirects to >> xterm. >> >> would this be a patch in the kitty port, or does this require a change >> to the base system? >> >> -- >> cheers, >> björn >> >> > > It would require a change in the base system, /usr/share/misc/termcap is > a system file and isn't something that can be modified from a port. > Additionally it will get overwritten when the OS is updated. > > Software that uses terminfo will work with kitty as it sets TERMINFO in > the environment pointing at its own special file; that's not possible > with termcap. So given that there doesn't seem to be a stable way to extend the termcap database from a port, shouldn't it be depracated?
