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From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs
Subject: rn bug #24
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Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 20:16:45 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 30 20:16:45 1984
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Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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System: rn version 4.1
Bug #: 24
Priority: MEDIUM
Subject: rn won't work with terminfo -lcurses
Index: term.c
Prereq: 4.1
From: ptsfa!dsp

Description:
	The terminfo tgetstr() routine in -lcurses doesn't quite act like
	4.xBSD documentation says.  Namely, it doesn't leave the string at the
	address passed as the second argument.  This breaks rn.

Repeat-By:
	Compile up rn with -lcurses.  If you don't get any terminal
	capabilities, you have the problem.

Fix:	From rn, say "| patch -d DIR", where DIR is your rn source directory.
	Outside of rn, say "cd DIR; patch