Re: [PATCH] gnu: rxvt-unicode: Add the terminal capability data.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> skribis:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> skribis:
> [...]
>>> +    (native-search-paths
>>> +     (list (search-path-specification
>>> +            (variable "TERMINFO_DIRS")
>>> +            (files '("share/terminfo")))))
>>
>> This should be in the ncurses package itself, since it is “owned” by
>> ncurses, not rxvt.
>>
>> However, there’s the limitation that, currently, --search-paths
>> advertises the variables of things that are explicitly in the profile.
>> Ncurses is usually not in the profile; it is a dependency of something
>> that is in the profile.  Thus, people wouldn’t see anything about
>> TERMINFO_DIRS in practice (we have the same problem with OpenSSL,
>> GStreamer, and other librairies that have associated variables.)
>>
>> Long story short, I would avoid adding this ‘native-search-paths’ here,
>> but I’m OK with it since that would make the thing usable, provided
>> there’s a big FIXME in there.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> It makes sense.  Since it is quite complicated, what about creating a
> bug report explaining the problem and make the comment refer to it like
> this:
>
>   ;; FIXME: This is not located in `ncurses' for usability reasons.  See
>   ;; https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=XXXXX
>
> WDYT?  Can you take care of creating the bug report or propose an
> appropriate FIXME comment?  I don't feel up to explaining this myself.

Good idea.  It’s at <https://bugs.gnu.org/22138>.

Thanks,
Ludo’.