Re: HEADS UP: terminfo imported into -current

[Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd%twofifty.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, Roy Marples wrote:

> Hi List
>
> I've now imported my terminfo implementation into -current and removed 
> termcap. terminfo provides a backwards compatable termcap interface (minus 
> the NetBSD extensions).
>
> Everything should still work just as before, with the below exceptions:
>
> * Any 3rd party programs using the termcap API NetBSD extensions
>  will have to be reworked.
>
> * termcap -> terminfo translation is not provided.
>  As such $TERMCAP is ignored and tset -s no longer reports it.
>  If you maintain your own definitions you will now have to manage
>  them your personal terminfo databases.
>  This is described in tic(1).

So I deleted my termcap.db and rebuilt all my packages because I
was getting termcap errors from xterm. Is that about what I need to do
to test for this change?

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