Re: ncurses 6.6-20260314 can no longer read xterm_256color extended attributes on redhat 8+ systems

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On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 08:56:59PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
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> | 20180331
> | 	+ improve terminfo write/read by modifying the fourth item of the
> | 	  extended header to denote the number of valid strings in the extended
> | 	  string table (prompted by a comment in unibilium's sources).
> `----
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> Perhaps you noticed at the time that the check breaks reading terminfo
> entries compiled by older tic versions, but forgot it eight years later
> when you enabled it?

My checkin comment on the next day said it sometimes breaks for "screen".

When I trimmed the ifdef this year, I'd thought it was long enough -
but see that I'll have to allow for this case.

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Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
https://invisible-island.net

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