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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

>> From: Harry Putnam <reader@jtan.com>
>> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:32:28 -0400 (EDT)
>> 
>> This bug occurs on an openBSD os, when in console mode with TERM 
>> set to xterm-color or linux.
>> 
>> After starting emacs, typing M-x list-colors-display will invoke a full
>> abort (Fatal error (6). Abort (core dumped)
>
> I think this is the problem described in etc/PROBLEMS under "Emacs
> aborts inside the function `tparam1'".

Eli, You've mentioned elswhere how emacs will fall back on its own
tparm that doesn't support openbsd termcap entries.  I wonder if there
is a readson that particular tparm is used as against a more recent
one that does support those termcap entries.