From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>
Cc: 29892@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29892: dvtm does not properly export terminfo
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 18:24:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tvw0usl4.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPsKtf+mZ4-87AH=6g2p5d3JJBzZP6kSFBZVFRHFK3L5q1gyVA@mail.gmail.com> (Jelle Licht's message of "Thu, 4 Jan 2018 16:20:04 +0100")
Hi,
Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org> skribis:
> 2018-01-01 18:19 GMT+01:00 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>:
[...]
>> ‘TERMINFO_DIRS’ is a search path of ncurses. However, because search
>> paths of dependencies are not honored, it doesn’t get set:
>>
>> https://bugs.gnu.org/22138
>>
>> This is what we should fix.
[...]
> Am I correct in assuming that as a temporary (personal) workaround, I can
> just
> install ncurses in my profile as well?
Yes.
> Perhaps guix can warn if you install a package which has a dependency
> with a search path like ncurses? Or would this be too much of a hassle
> to implement?
>
> It would not solve the issue, but at least prevent people from
> not understanding why their packages are not working. WDYT?
Good question, not sure it would be significantly easier than fixing the
core issue. Dunno!
Ludo’.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-29 14:05 bug#29892: dvtm does not properly export terminfo Jelle Licht
2018-01-01 17:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-04 15:20 ` Jelle Licht
2018-01-05 17:24 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
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