Re: HEADS UP: terminfo imported into -current

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 09:50:20PM +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
> 
> The same functionality of $TERMCAP can be had by managing your own database
> of terminfo definitons via tic(1)

It's not the same functionality.  $TERMCAP works even if you can't write
anywhere in the filesystem, and often works automatically when logged in
remotely from a host which has a termcap entry your local host doesn't.

Thor