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Re: incorrect terminfo link in /lib and /usr/lib
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:08:19 -0500
- Subject: Re: incorrect terminfo link in /lib and /usr/lib
- References: <3C0BA215.918B624F@acm.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 11:02:29AM -0500, Tom Porcher wrote:
>I think I see the problem here. On my installation of Cygwin (1.3.5),
>the link in /usr/lib is:
>
> /usr/lib/terminfo -> ../share/terminfo
>
>This link is fine for /usr/lib, where "../share/terminfo" resolves to
>"/usr/share/terminfo". But referencing the same link from /lib:
>
> /lib/terminfo -> ../share/terminfo
>
>results in a dead link, because "/share/terminfo" does not exist.
>
>The link should be an absolute link to "/usr/share/terminfo" and not
>a relative link such as it is.
No. It shouldn't. It works fine as it is. Just don't refer to
/lib/terminfo. Any legacy software that still uses terminfo in its
old location will use /usr/lib/terminfo.
This is not a big deal. It doesn't deserve a long thread on this
mailing list.
cgf
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