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From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
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Greetings, Fergus Daly!

> Does this:
> $ ls  /usr/share/terminfo/terminfo
> lrwxrwxrwx  /usr/share/terminfo/terminfo -> /usr/share/terminfo/
> serve a purpose, or supply a workaround .. or .. is it a packaging glitch?
> (Only in Cygwin64, not Cygwin32.)

$ ls -ld /usr/share/terminfo/terminfo
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/terminfo/terminfo': No such file or directory

None of the terminfo (or ncurses) packages contain such link or any
post-install scripts that could make one.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Thursday, November 18, 2021 18:27:23

Sorry for my terrible english...