Re: pkg/42712: bootstrap pkgsrc should check for required termcap

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/42712; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/42712: bootstrap pkgsrc should check for required termcap
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:10:33 +0000

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 From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma%netmeister.org@localhost>
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 Subject: Re: pkg/42712: bootstrap pkgsrc should check for required termcap
 Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:47:51 -0500
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 This PR should probably have the synopsis renamed to:
 
 default termcap options not set appropriately on linux
 
 
 I just boostrapped pkgsrc on:
 
 Gentoo 4Q2009
 Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Base
 Fedora Core 8
 
 Neither appears to have gotten a functional pkgsrc -- they all three
 bail out when building tnftp with an error message that 'no usable
 termcap' was found.
 
 I had to manually install using whatever package management system the
 host provides a suitable termcap library.
 
 I thought pkgsrc would be smart enough to figure out that no termcap is
 present and pull in something?  Even if not, it'd be nice it would make
 a suggestion as to what the innocent user should do, such as setting
 certain options if those are possible to rectify the situation.
 
 -Jan