X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=V8cJ9ztVTzdgoxZbweNKUHOJ570id+8W7IDaOecJiUPZsY1BHqq4N ZWXyS/PFpvgk2uZ7jNMIcCsxIVRSZojy5SW/B5hTn+OBvNKNhwMk0x6ib50GxkT/ 6+j4INwnLZL5eTP59hGAIsmjYbDRoXrhuD33GZd7bSGFYTaCxiRWy0= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=64UrSKAQpLjaozoBg9A9iOlwfYY=; b=kjI7wtyyx8E2ygG1vfiNpcjcqWDh IwYmmFRmC14rGJ7gF8zVcpfzV+ea32Ng2xvCAB3DqhDr9pMLyH2nrp7ADr7c039y ywPuGLwGriG9V5ZVxRH5jBklCC4UUWQHnjuqEo9hg0abkUewxnF74ICWSfEPmGf7 tDCXtuHue1xBWag= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 22:10:01 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: terminfo and /usr/share/terminfo requirement Message-ID: <20141031211001.GD14051@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <0o355a5qcje49cevq02fb581uahr2jb38r AT 4ax DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) --n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Oct 31 16:55, cyg Simple wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Andrew Schulman > wrote: > >> I have found that terminfo is built such that it requires /usr/share > >> to be available but /usr/share isn't mounted by default. This causes > >> unexpected side effects of the terminal not responding properly > >> especially noticed when using the Backspace key. In my opinion either > >> terminfo needs to change its settings to use /share instead of > >> /usr/share or Cygwin needs modified to automatically mount /usr/share > >> like it does /usr/lib. Or rather just automount /usr such that it > >> points to / regardless of the underlying directory. The automount of > >> /usr/lib also presents an issue when the user mounts /usr to point to > >> `cygpath -m /` in that any access to /usr gives a directory not found > >> error when /lib doesn't actually exist. > > > > /usr/share isn't mounted separately, at least in any Cygwin installation > > I've ever had. It's just a directory within /usr, which is within the > > mount /. > > >=20 > But not automounted within the cygwin1.dll initialization process. > Only /usr/bin and /usr/lib are. At least with 1.7.32. >=20 > > Moreover /usr/share should always exist, since many base packages store > > files in it. Does it not exist in your installation? Do you have e.g. > > /usr/share/doc? >=20 > /usr/share doesn't exist unless /usr or /usr/share is mounted via > /etc/fstab. /share does exist. There's no /share directory in a standard Cygwin installation. /usr is a real dir within your Cygwin installation dir. It doesn't have to be mounted, nor does /usr/share, which is also created by setup-${arch}.exe by default. Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUU/qpAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gY1MP/RUmYfThjTiidrM6XUyzg0xs Hi25yxgrwDB6d93GVv6e+tXgG8EbwZW9RDPSUyEH0TzBVs9qO2V+vhzXUbpGP8Zh Tt2RjS7+zEt7BVzWsKhCB0Sy9oRry8oEdk9Wd9SP+X/ITJcwhEHkU/7dj1JnajxE hn2CukgygUd36kkAtNzXR73HDlrqNjwNEasUGx7959lRZRGxsdO6UBSD2DXmnfah T32A2HuK7uiNJi8hLjvBNgVoGuN5LE/lVosHbZBSAsWnX4rNjg9jJ4C/DlJym3dL EbC8hgBagabKS/7lR7C5I+q6JuE21ELPYm0R7TjyY1qDokchxWYeZOTZkGqPy/aZ Ls8RAGKDKD+fObCBzF+WItuC63BnhbinsMjbKZc9lpzhUCYs1qHBE4cfr26KbPpu X6/1IqDNRF1F4Rfn9edYGrla4E8N2FhI27ohGEmB+PJcwWVl6Sy22FJXU57qFfsB yFS7qopmajnGmgaDBFRQQ5pUorDpEXgm0YMBgzu0LgFCS9vFtM/r3b4fSFX0IKuw 8vDI+iOawPZdcAXIU1E+x1VODCXdCgBdb0G22nSy2ML+A48tmwnx13D+9Y6VAkUK /IcCFJhhYdtMCdBzDQXJSy65r3QDBLvi8sSrKlGjJ1nMwTsimjUTDyahneWfWdWZ SuE2A95MmyNHFdBneElE =S/7b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm--