Re: Cannot open termcap database

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

  > > The problem is different.
  > > If both termcap and terminfo headers are missing emacs uses
  > > src/termcap.c files.
  > > But at run time it tries to look for /etc/termcap which modern
  > > distributions do not install (they install the terminfo database).
  > 
  > Looks like you're right.  Maybe we should throw away src/termcap.c
  > altogether, or only use it if a configure flag is given.

Throw it away please.  I don't think we support any platform where it
is necessary.