Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:08:19 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: incorrect terminfo link in /lib and /usr/lib Message-ID: <20011203190819.GC5307@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3C0BA215 DOT 918B624F AT acm DOT org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C0BA215.918B624F@acm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 11:02:29AM -0500, Tom Porcher wrote: >I think I see the problem here. On my installation of Cygwin (1.3.5), >the link in /usr/lib is: > > /usr/lib/terminfo -> ../share/terminfo > >This link is fine for /usr/lib, where "../share/terminfo" resolves to >"/usr/share/terminfo". But referencing the same link from /lib: > > /lib/terminfo -> ../share/terminfo > >results in a dead link, because "/share/terminfo" does not exist. > >The link should be an absolute link to "/usr/share/terminfo" and not >a relative link such as it is. No. It shouldn't. It works fine as it is. Just don't refer to /lib/terminfo. Any legacy software that still uses terminfo in its old location will use /usr/lib/terminfo. This is not a big deal. It doesn't deserve a long thread on this mailing list. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/