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Re: termcap bug on Linux

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From: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
To: Andrej Borsenkow <Andrej.Borsenkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: termcap bug on Linux
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 10:00:01 -0400
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> Yes. About scantermcap - I am not sure. Currently it returns "no" for both
> unexisting and unset flags; if we change this as well, it will return
> nothing for unexisting flags. I am not  sure how useful $termcap is at all,
> given that there is no way to associate returned values with capabilities.
> Two possible valid usages are ${(k)termcap} or ${(kv)termcap}. For
> consistency, I'd suggest to change scantermcap as well but I do not
> insist.Clint?

I'm fine with the consistency.  I just think that an unconditional
reliance on NCURSES_VERSION being set is going to lead to trouble.

Follow-Ups:
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- RE: termcap bug on Linux
  - From: Andrej Borsenkow

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