Subject: Re: pkg_select defective?
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 10/06/2006 21:04:28
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:38:58AM +0200, Jan Danielsson wrote:
> Pavel Cahyna wrote:
>    That was an interesting exercise.
> 
>    mc won't run, it says:
> 
> Unknown terminal: wsvt25
> 
>    ...and tells me to check my TERM variable.
> 
>    pkg_select takes a dump instantly.
> 
>    The fact that you so calmly suggest I use wsvt25, and how my NetBSD
> seems to be kicking and screaming about that same TERM variable makes me
> feel a sensation some people would call "panic"[1]. Is there something
> seriously broken about my installation?

This is strange. I checked again if it works for me and indeed, it does.

does grep wsvt25 /usr/share/misc/termcap /usr/share/misc/termcap.db
show matches in both files?

Pavel