Bug#326598: [cl-debian] Bug#326598: cmucl-source: suggests libc5-dependent package

[Faré]

On 06/09/05, Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd at debian.org> wrote:
> You use hemlock in a terminal? Wow.
Instead of disabling hemlock altogether, why not have it issue an
error if it can't find any TERMCAP? Besides, you can retrieve the
termcap information from current terminal with infocmp(1), so the
termcap data is just a (run-program "infocmp" (list (getenv "TERM"))
:input nil ...) away (instead of (open "/etc/termcap"). I don't use
hemlock, but I'd hate to see it disappear for a wrong reason.

> I'm not happy about it either, but I lack the time to fix it properly.
At least, have proper error message rather than a discouraging one.

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