Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 1:15 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > I needed to install Git on Ubuntu 8. Git seems to work Ok for most
>> > task, but this is unusual:
>> >
>> > $ git diff
>> > WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
>> > - (press RETURN)
>> >
>> > Here's the terminal:
>> >
>> > $ echo $TERM
>> > xterm-256color
>> ...
>> Something to try quickly would be:
>>
>> $ export TERM=vt100; less README.md
>>
>> As the termcap/terminfo entry for vt100 is usually more widely
>> available, this may unblock you.
>>
>> > It seems like loss of colors on an old platform is not that important.
>> > However, the message being printed creates an actionable item that
>> > needs attention. I think no message would be a better option.
>>
>> You would want to redirect it to folks who work on "less" ;-)
>
> Oh, sorry about that.
No need to be sorry for that.
I seem to have these terminfo database entries for terminals whose
name begin with 'x':
$ /bin/ls /lib/terminfo/x
xterm
xterm-256color
xterm-color
xterm-debian
xterm-mono
xterm-r5
xterm-r6
xterm-vt220
xterm-xfree86
my suspicion is that you are lacking xterm-256color for some reason.
These usually come from ncurses-base package if I am not mistaken.
