On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 07:25:03PM -0400, Eric d'Alibut wrote:
> On 5/4/07, tlaronde@polynum.com <tlaronde@polynum.com> wrote:
> 
> >For the use of vi/ex(1), you need simply to export a decent value of
> >TERM (for example vt220). The curses lib was extracted from vi at the
> >beginning, so it is no surprise that vi(1) needs a decent value for
> >TERM.
> 
> I can't find a value of TERM that is accepted in single user mode with
> just / mounted.
> 
> Does that resonate with youse guys?

Well, rescue is statically linked, but libtermcap is trying to
read "/usr/share/misc/termcap" which is not accessible if /usr is on
a separate filesystem? It seems you have found something :)

Reading the sources for libtermcap (libterm), setting TERMCAP to a
pathname of an alternate termcap db, or setting TERMCAP to be an
entry (for example to a minimal vt100) could do the trick (minimal
termcap db are created for floppies and distrib).

If people more knowlegeable about the /rescue stuff could confirm,
and taking into account the size, whether setting TERMCAP to a vt100 in
sh(1) [rescue version] or providing a minimal termcap db in /rescue
(changing the default path in libtermcap) could be considered.
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