terminfo is missing rxvt-unicode-256color

One user reported that when doing sudo -u debian-tor arm as suggested in the documentation, the command failed because their TERM variable contained rxvt-unicode-256color. The terminfo database might need an update.

They've work around the issue but manually specifying TERM=xterm.

added component::archived/tor cloud owner::runa priority::low resolution::wontfix severity::blocker status::closed type::defect labels

I use urxvt, and in my experience it doesn´t handle ANSI escape characters correctly for many programs. For example, for emacs, I have to do:

alias e='TERM=screen-bce.linux emacs --no-site-file -nw '

another TERM setting which I have found helpful for remote screen/tmux sessions inside a urxvt terminal is 'screen-16color-bce' which is also what I use locally for arm.

I´m not sure if this helps any, but hopefully it saves a bit of trouble digging through the terminfo db.

atagar; is this something which can/should be fixed in arm?

Trac:
Owner: runa to atagar
Status: new to assigned

Thanks! Reproed the issue and fixed...

https://gitweb.torproject.org/arm.git/commitdiff/b2c2568479105e38ea632e8c9f0525019699005a

Be aware that it will be quite a while before the next arm release. I'm not sure if this is something you want to work around in Tor Cloud for the meantime.

Trac:
Owner: atagar to runa

Lunar points out that the above approach is a bad idea. Replaced with a warning...

https://gitweb.torproject.org/arm.git/commitdiff/954f194560e43ac8e4fa588abc041a1d7a98ef31

Why not just install ncurses-term on the Amazon instances? The correct terminfo file for PuTTY is also in that package.

Tor cloud is discontinued. This is a very specific bug to keep around would (perhaps) be fixed anyway as part of any revival.

Trac:
Status: assigned to closed
Reviewer: N/A to N/A
Sponsor: N/A to N/A
Severity: N/A to Blocker
Resolution: N/A to wontfix

closed