Public bug reported: My terminal emulator (Kitty) installs its terminfo entry to:
/usr/local/lib/kitty/terminfo/x/xterm-kitty But it also registers /usr/local/lib/kitty/terminfo/ as a terminfo database: % infocmp -D /usr/local/lib/kitty/terminfo /etc/terminfo /lib/terminfo /usr/share/terminfo I use tmux, which uses setupterm: https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/b2a2c3a1e90756313b6709905f189934123f85ed /tty-term.c#L412 setupterm sets an error code unless I symlink the terminfo def to a traditional location: sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/kitty/terminfo/x/xterm-kitty /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm-kitty This stops the problem. setupterm is presumably not searching all database locations. I am not the developer of tmux, he directed me here to log the issue. See https://github.com/tmux/tmux/issues/1433 for the original bug report. ** Affects: ncurses (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1786617 Title: setupterm doesn't find terminfo entry in non-standard database location To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ncurses/+bug/1786617/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
