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Feature #12471

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/usr/share/terminfo compatibility symlink

Added by Joshua M. Clulow over 3 years ago. Updated over 3 years ago.

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Closed
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Normal
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Category:
lib - userland libraries
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% Done:

100%

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Bite-size
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Description

Our terminfo database lives at /usr/share/lib/terminfo, where lots of things know to look for it. Younger bodies of software, written in an emphatically Linux-centric era of history, may only look in /usr/share/terminfo for these files. We should add a symlink there for compatibility.


Related issues

Related to illumos gate - Feature #13943: /usr/share/zoneinfo compatibility symlinkNew

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Actions #1

Updated by Joshua M. Clulow over 3 years ago

  • Assignee set to Nick Ewins
Actions #2

Updated by Nick Ewins over 3 years ago

Tested using dtrace and infocmp to reveal terminal description information.

Tested symlink to /usr/share/terminfo and verified that it is correct. Further verified contents of database location and permissions.

Actions #3

Updated by Electric Monk over 3 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

git commit 150d89609dfbc94f5333c83d572645defa78929f

commit  150d89609dfbc94f5333c83d572645defa78929f
Author: Nick Ewins <nick@krypton.computer>
Date:   2020-04-10T14:44:34.000Z

    12471 /usr/share/terminfo compatibility symlink
    Reviewed by: Andy Fiddaman <andy@omniosce.org>
    Reviewed by: Andy Stormont <astormont@racktopsystems.com>
    Reviewed by: Yuri Pankov <ypankov@fastmail.com>
    Approved by: Dan McDonald <danmcd@joyent.com>

Actions #4

Updated by Joshua M. Clulow about 2 years ago

  • Related to Feature #13943: /usr/share/zoneinfo compatibility symlink added
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