FS#12139 - rxvt-unicode and installer

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Christ Schlacta (aarcane) - Saturday, 15 November 2008, 23:59 GMT
Last edited by Aaron Griffin (phrakture) - Thursday, 04 December 2008, 01:11 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Installation
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: installer doesn't include termcap info for rxvt-unicode.


Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
<system a>
insert CD
power on system
hit enter
type "root" and hit enter again
rm /etc/hosts.*
passwd
<enter password twice>
/etc/rc.d/sshd start

<system b>
urxvt
ssh <system a>
/arch/setup
<a bunch of errors about rxvt-unicode>
^C
pacman -Sy rxvt-unicode
/arch/setup
<it works fine..>

rxvt-unicode is a fairly popular terminal, and the termcap info should be included by default on arch and in the installer system as well. I'm sure the same bug affects other terminals as well, but I only use rxvt-unicode.
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Closed by  Aaron Griffin (phrakture)
Thursday, 04 December 2008, 01:11 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Sunday, 16 November 2008, 00:51 GMT
Unless it gets in the upstream termcap DB, we can't do a lot about it. Right now we ship it with our rxvt-unicode package and there is no reason for that to be on our install CD.
Comment by Christ Schlacta (aarcane) - Sunday, 16 November 2008, 01:12 GMT
I'm aware of that, it's still annoying to not have it available by default. perhaps a separate termcap-extra or a urxvt-termcap package that can be installed by default is in order. I'm no dev, so it's not up to me to figure out the best way to handle the issue, all I know is that it should be resolved in some way that doesn't pull in half of xlib to be able to use a terminal emulator.
Comment by Gavin Bisesi (Daenyth) - Thursday, 04 December 2008, 01:07 GMT
A very simple workaround is just to export TERM=rxvt and then all will be well.
Comment by Aaron Griffin (phrakture) - Thursday, 04 December 2008, 01:11 GMT
An even better workaround is:
scp /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode remote.host:.terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode

Now your user has the correct terminfo.

Closing

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