Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:39:24 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: linux 2.6.26 vt back_color_erase |
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> 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
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