Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758013AbYJMIkM (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:40:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756250AbYJMIjz (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:39:55 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:50842 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755134AbYJMIjy (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:39:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:39:24 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Linux kernel mailing list , Ncurses Developers Subject: Re: linux 2.6.26 vt back_color_erase Message-ID: <20081013093924.648c892d@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081013052437.GA27761@night.netis.ru> References: <20081003081147.GA16414@night.netis.ru> <20081010164953.GA27092@night.netis.ru> <20081013052437.GA27761@night.netis.ru> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.12; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 828 Lines: 19 > Probably color ls -l is just broken and should be fixed. Why was it > necessary to change the console color semantics that was there for years? Submit a patch that reverts the change. I would agree it needs reverting. > > > ncurses should not expect anything. Except what is in terminfo. > > Do we need a terminfo db update for the "linux" term? > > Sure, unless the change is reverted. The bce attribute will need to be > disabled, which is a pity as it saves traffic for color full screen > applications. And changing terminfo is very inconvenient for remote logins. Agreed -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/