[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {rxvt-unicode-X/rxvt-unicode-common}-9.07-1

[Charles Wilson]

A.R. Burgers wrote:
> I installed rxvt-unicode-X and rxvt-unicode-common.
> The postinstall script has run, /etc/termcap has been updated.
> /usr/share/terminfo as well:
> 
>> $ find /usr/share/terminfo -mtime -1
>> /usr/share/terminfo/72
>> /usr/share/terminfo/72/rxvt-unicode
>> /usr/share/terminfo/72/rxvt-unicode256
> 
> However I get "unknown terminal type" messages:

This is because some -- many -- applications have not been recompiled
since 4/2008, and are still using cygncurses-8.dll.  That dll used the
"old" terminfo database, in which the entries are organized as

/usr/share/terminfo/[a-zA-z0-9]/

The new terminfo entries are organized as

/usr/share/terminfo/xx/  where xx is a two-digit hexadecimal number.

Now, the rxvt-unicode-common postinstall script WILL install two
different copies of each entry, but only if you have installed the
old-style terminfo compiler program tic0.

Use setup, install the 'tic0' package, and reinstall rxvt-unicode-common.

--
Chuck

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