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#29892 dvtm does not properly export terminfo

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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
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Hi,

Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org> skribis:

> 2018-01-01 18:19 GMT+01:00 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>:

[...]

>> ‘TERMINFO_DIRS’ is a search path of ncurses.  However, because search
>> paths of dependencies are not honored, it doesn’t get set:
>>
>>   https://bugs.gnu.org/22138
>>
>> This is what we should fix.

[...]

> Am I correct in assuming that as a temporary (personal) workaround, I can
> just
> install ncurses in my profile as well?

Yes.

> Perhaps guix can warn if you install a package which has a dependency
> with a search path like ncurses? Or would this be too much of a hassle
> to implement?
>
> It would not solve the issue, but at least prevent people from
> not understanding why their packages are not working. WDYT?

Good question, not sure it would be significantly easier than fixing the
core issue.  Dunno!

Ludo’.




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