Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0

[Charles Wilson]

Sorry, I sent this to cygwin@ instead of cygwin-xfree@, which is where 
this message belongs...

Charles Wilson wrote:

> I maintain the ncurses and terminfo packages for cygwin.  I've been 
> wondering, should I update the "official" cygwin terminfo entry for 
> xterm using the XFree86-4.2.0 one?  I've been hesistant to do that until 
> now, for fear of backwards incompatibilities.  However, now that there 
> are official, setup-compatible packages for cygwin-xfree86 -- then the 
> actual xterm.exe that is provided by the official cygwin package system 
> IS the one from XFree86.  So, I suppose cygwin's terminfo database 
> should reflect that?
> 
> Comments?
> 
> --Chuck
> 
> Harold Hunt wrote:
> 
>> Michael,
>>
>> Have you tried installing Cygwin/XFree86 via Cygwin's setup.exe?  I'd 
>> like
>> to know if the described problem is prevented from occuring with this new
>> method (within the last two weeks).  If so, I can check this item off my
>> to-do list, as very few users will install via the Xinstall.sh script.
>