Re: tic doesn't create terminfo files on FreeBSD

[Yuri]

On 7/29/18 3:36 AM, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> hmm - the "-o" option isn't much used, but I did a quick check and see
> that's working for me (Debian).
>
> Is this using the FreeBSD port, or self-compiled?


Using the port.


> In either case, it helps to know the version (major, minor, patchdate)
> which you can get using "tic -V".


$ tic -V
6.1.20180728


> The "-v" (verbose) option won't show where it puts the files, but "tic -D"
> shows the directory it'll use for output.  tic will only create the last
> directory-leaf (terminfo) and its immediate children, so if
>
>         /usr/ports/x11/kitty/work-py36/stage/usr/local/lib/kitty
>
> exists and is writable, then this should be created:
>
>         /usr/ports/x11/kitty/work-py36/stage/usr/local/lib/kitty/terminfo


It shows /usr/local/share/misc/terminfo for some reason, as if -o isn't 
supplied:

$ tic -x -D -o 
/usr/ports/x11/kitty/work-py36/stage/usr/local/lib/kitty/terminfo 
terminfo/kitty.terminfo
tic: /usr/local/share/misc/terminfo (no permission)


Yuri