Opened 8 years ago
Closed 6 years ago
#7078 closed defect (wontfix)
libncurses, terminfo and alternate install destination
| Reported by: | eschoeller@… | Owned by: | developers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Features Paradise |
| Component: | packages | Version: | Trunk |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
The terminfo directory is read by many ncurses enabled applications (iftop, nano) in /user/share/terminfo. When installing libncurses to a destination other than root, this terminfo directory isn't read by these ncurses applications and the following errors occur:
# iftop
...
Error opening terminal: vt102.
The fix:
# ln -s /opt/usr/share/terminfo/ /usr/share/
(where /opt/ is my alternate opkg destination where I installed libncurses)
I'm not sure if this is within the scope of the package maintainers, or even openwrt in general to maintain proper functionality of this package when installing to a separate destination.
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Change History (4)
comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by anonymous
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by nico
- Milestone changed from Backfire 10.03.1 to Kamikaze Features Paradise
comment:3 Changed 7 years ago by eschoeller@…
Well, I ran into this problem again and found my own ticket =) The solution proposed would certainly work, but I'd rather not rely on a removable flash device for my rootfs. Even though I'm running on devices that have a 16MB flash, libncurses is an absolute pig and isn't required for core functionality of the device, hence the reason to install the package on volatile off-ram storage.
I'll continue using the symlink method to pull this off, but I figure a better long-term solution should eventually be found.
comment:4 Changed 6 years ago by nbd
- Resolution set to wontfix
- Status changed from new to closed
installing to alternate locations is not (and will not be) supported
You should use block-extroot then you don't have to deal with such...