On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:15:59 +0200 (CEST), Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> wrote:
On Monday 2024-08-26 01:11, Robert Webb via openSUSE Factory wrote:
Create a new capability, "ncurses_without_terminfo-base", for installations that do not use terminfo-base [1] to depend on.
Until we actually HAVE software that can live without terminfo-base, adding more capabilities just slows down the package manager.
Dr. Werner Fink implied that some software does not need terminfo-base, "... also in libncrurses or better libtinfo there is a minimal set of compiled in database for the default terminals used at boot (like the linux terminal or on s390 the ibm327x terminal)". [1] Or am I misreading that? [1] <https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Base:System/ncurses#comment-1976184> -- Robert Webb