From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from omta002.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net (omta002.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net [3.97.99.33]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C901D385C409 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:28:03 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org C901D385C409 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from shw-obgw-4004a.ext.cloudfilter.net ([10.228.9.227]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id nlicmHlgeztEjnn4kmc6zY; Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:28:02 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.105] ([68.147.0.90]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id nn4kmlAQvJjdqnn4km6RBa; Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:28:02 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=LKd1/ba9 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6196a942 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:117 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=5WozO2ASXeS4KG5ktY4A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=8bbyf8w-AcIA:10 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:28:02 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.1 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: terminfo packaging glitch? Content-Language: en-CA To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <105944967.20211118184515@yandex.ru> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfDBmEqkgQaOn+hAJ0+5hPNh2tXuBcway268POynNHgxulvIZXO+we3EbN1z5s2pCRHu+g6yL//lM/lY9Cj7JEYYu32sPBDYu6hUBYXG+M4ZDJ9buprlC bQlub2klxhlyxlLGu1hEtWY8yWjXDG9Y+xUyUCocc2gvdbboRap+q05w+8sCHM9i1J03k3DlqlhKO6tIveZJwRlMFsatvpCdWNc= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1161.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:28:05 -0000 On 2021-11-18 09:47, Fergus Daly wrote: > Sorry Brian: missed yours when replying to Andrey. > Brian said: >> I can't find anything anywhere on my system or the web suggesting a >> source for that. Something you or some script did on your system? >> How did you find the links in your 2014 "Missing links" post: from >> cygcheck -c|-s? What were the associated packages? >> https://cygwin.com/legacy-ml/cygwin/2014-07/msg00289.html > I found the weird / missing links through a much less cerebral approach than that suggested by you, I'm afraid. > As follows: > I usually have more than one Cygwin setup (e.g one on a drive on PC1, one on a drive on PC2, one on a stick, ..). > If I compare any two (that are intended to be identical) using > $ diff -rq /setup1 /setup2 > diffs.1 2> diffs.2 > then apart from unimportant binary-file-by-binary-file byte differences occurring during installation (and some > important differences worth attention) identified in the file diffs.1, there are often discrepancies, mis-labelling, > and other glitches worth investigating and / or needing correction to be found in the file diffs.2. > (I had forgotten that the particular weirdness > /usr/share/terminfo/terminfo -> /usr/share/terminfo/ > had a history - and such a long one.) Just rm it! -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]