Missing or unsuitable terminal error with curses 6.5

[RESHMA KUMAR]

Hi All,

 

We have built ncurses 6.5 in AIX 7.3 using xlc compiler using the following configure options.

 

./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/man --libdir=/usr/lib --without-ada --without-normal --without-debug --enable-overwrite --enable-hard-tabs --enable-xmc-glitch --enable-colorfgbg --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-pc-files --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig --with-terminfo-dirs=/usr/share/lib/terminfo --disable-widec

 

We are using AIX terminfo database present in /usr/share/lib/terminfo path.

 

We also built tmux 3.5a with this ncurses. However, during runtime with AIX terminfo database, it gives the following error

 

“missing or unsuitable terminal: xterm-256color”

 

If ncurses provided terminfo database is used, there is no error.

 

Additionally, tmux 3.5a built with ncurses 6.4 works with AIX terminfo database without any issues but not 6.5.

Can anyone suggest what could be the issue here? It would be great if you can provide any help.

 

Thanks & Regards,

Reshma V Kumar