Re: Cannot open termcap database

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

  > > Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:17:40 -0800 (PST)
  > > From: Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>
  > > Cc: A Soare <address@hidden>, address@hidden,
  > >   Mathias Dahl <address@hidden>
  > > 
  > >   > 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.
  > 
  > MSDOS needs it.  I could move all the code it needs to msdos.c, if
  > that's what people want, but it sounds easier to leave termcap.c in
  > place and just move termcap.o to MSDOS_OBJ in src/Makefile.in.  Then
  > no other platform will link it in.

IMHO: given that it's only used in a single platform, it should be in a
platform specific file, that will eliminate any possibility of
confusion.