Re: tset bug

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 06:52:53AM -0800, Rich Burridge wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I see the following problem with the tset application that comes with
> ncurses:
> 
> % $ TERM=sun-cmd
> % tset -s -Q
> TERM=sun-c;
> %
> 
> A quick scan of the code suggests that the line:
> 
>     /* Get the terminal name from the entry. */
>     ttype = _nc_first_name(cur_term->type.term_names);
> 
> in .../progs/tset.c should be trying to find an exact match rather
> than the first one, as it's finding /usr/share/terminfo/s/sun-c and
> not /usr/share/terminfo/s/sun-cmd

hmm.  I've been aware of this for a long time, but had not thought it
was a bug.  Checking, I see that Solaris behaves as you suggest, and
I don't see it as a documented feature.  There may have been some (long-ago)
valid reason, e.g., compatibility with BSD (I'll check...).

thanks

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