Re: lib/58282: Sysinst terminal output size increased because curses

[Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/58282; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>
To: Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: lib/58282: Sysinst terminal output size increased because curses
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:21:05 +0300

 Brett Lymn wrote:
 >  OK, so the repeated setting of colour is gone which is good but I am
 >  puzzled about the erase line being missing.  Oddly, the curses testframe
 >  does use el when setting up the screen.
 >  
 >  What is the value of the TERM variable?  I am assuming wsvt25 but I want
 >  to check because this sounds like a capability difference.
 
 The problem of the missing "erase line" affects both TERM=wsvt25
 (which is used on the i386 testbed) and TERM=xterm (which is used on
 the amd64 testbed).  OTOH, with TERM=vt100, sysinst does use
 "erase line".
 
 Here's a simple way to reproduce the issue on an existing NetBSD
 system without actually performing a new install:
 
   # script log
   # TERM=wsvt25 sysinst
   (choose a language and then exit sysinst without installing)
   # exit
   # od -c log | more
   (look for long stretches of spaces in the output)
 
 -- 
 Andreas Gustafsson, gson%gson.org@localhost