Debian Bug report logs - #237997
ncurses-base: Backspace key not set correctly for Eterm in terminfo

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joe Hendrix <jhendrix@uiuc.edu>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: ncurses-base: Backspace key not set correctly for Eterm in terminfo

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:26:57 -0600

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Package: ncurses-base
Version: 5.3.20030719-5
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

When using aptitude under Eterm, I noticed that backspace was printing
^?.  I took a look at the terminfo and it had backspace set to ^H.
Either terminfo should be updated or the eterm default changed.

A patch for the first should be attached.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.3
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US

-- no debconf information

[terminfo.src.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

Message #10 received at 237997-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>

To: 237997-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#237997: fixed in ncurses 5.4-3

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:17:15 -0500

Source: ncurses
Source-Version: 5.4-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ncurses, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

libncurses5-dbg_5.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dbg_5.4-3_i386.deb
libncurses5-dev_5.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_5.4-3_i386.deb
libncurses5_5.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_5.4-3_i386.deb
libncursesw5-dbg_5.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5-dbg_5.4-3_i386.deb
libncursesw5-dev_5.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5-dev_5.4-3_i386.deb
libncursesw5_5.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5_5.4-3_i386.deb
ncurses-base_5.4-3_all.deb
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-base_5.4-3_all.deb
ncurses-bin_5.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-bin_5.4-3_i386.deb
ncurses-term_5.4-3_all.deb
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-term_5.4-3_all.deb
ncurses_5.4-3.diff.gz
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses_5.4-3.diff.gz
ncurses_5.4-3.dsc
  to pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses_5.4-3.dsc



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 237997@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> (supplier of updated ncurses package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.7
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:12:36 -0500
Source: ncurses
Binary: ncurses-base lib64ncurses5 libncursesw5-dev libncursesw5-dbg ncurses-bin libncurses5 libncursesw5 libncurses5-dev ncurses-term libncurses5-dbg lib64ncurses5-dev
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 5.4-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
Changed-By: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
Description: 
 libncurses5 - Shared libraries for terminal handling
 libncurses5-dbg - Debugging/profiling libraries for ncurses
 libncurses5-dev - Developer's libraries and docs for ncurses
 libncursesw5 - Shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
 libncursesw5-dbg - Debugging/profiling libraries for ncurses
 libncursesw5-dev - Developer's libraries for ncursesw
 ncurses-base - Descriptions of common terminal types
 ncurses-bin - Terminal-related programs and man pages
 ncurses-term - Additional terminal type definitions
Closes: 227879 237629 237831 237870 237997 238718
Changes: 
 ncurses (5.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Apply 20040313 and 20040320 patches from upstream
     (Closes: #237831, #227879).
   * Fix some remaining casts to "char" which need to be "signed char"
     (Closes: #237629, #237870, #238718).
   * Update Eterm terminfo entry to agree with the Debian practice of
     kbs=\177 (Closes: #237997).
Files: 
 cde5b1c7972734b57d07462fe4528b0d 807 libs standard ncurses_5.4-3.dsc
 eee38ef539b6537faa3091ccc85e7e7e 32093 libs standard ncurses_5.4-3.diff.gz
 d178372ed531e3746a6c18699f723b3b 274722 base required libncurses5_5.4-3_i386.deb
 21f17fb618246ccbde3d7659de025306 1038566 libdevel optional libncurses5-dev_5.4-3_i386.deb
 7c43f181148896fa84d5134b8ea4455d 3970426 libdevel extra libncurses5-dbg_5.4-3_i386.deb
 0e75db34ab29234cbac1aa52670ee994 286736 libs standard libncursesw5_5.4-3_i386.deb
 43dfffa864b7cb30b54aa9279f25da5e 396580 libdevel optional libncursesw5-dev_5.4-3_i386.deb
 afb076e1964ce67db180854a796f9395 4437712 libdevel extra libncursesw5-dbg_5.4-3_i386.deb
 7530b24333b0ad8f89ca229b3150e25e 205204 base required ncurses-bin_5.4-3_i386.deb
 75fe6df5354ade22aa515c0e84e23cae 11078 base required ncurses-base_5.4-3_all.deb
 b2ac932b7fb140638f8863fd0702d9ea 278980 admin standard ncurses-term_5.4-3_all.deb

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