Re: lib/43909: getcap(3) is missing from curses(3).

[jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)]

The following reply was made to PR lib/43909; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)
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Subject: Re: lib/43909: getcap(3) is missing from curses(3).
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:58:37 -0700

 On Jan 12,  2:07pm, taca%hpmicro.a.back-street.net@localhost wrote:
 }
 } >Number:         43909
 } >Category:       lib
 } >Synopsis:       getcap(3) is missing from curses(3).
 } >Originator:     Takahiro Kambe
 } >Release:        NetBSD 5.99.39
 }      
 } >Description:
 }      getcap(3) is described in curses(3) and <curses.h>, but there
 }      is no function in libcuress.*.
 
      getcap(3) is a termcap related function.  Since NetBSD now uses
 termlib and not termcap, the manpage and the curses.h entries should
 probably just be eliminated since getcap() doesn't make any sense in
 a termlib world.
 
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