[Aptitude-devel] Bug#819942: command line mode war against TERM=dumb

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.7.8-1

I am using a emacs shell-mode window.

# aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-cirrus=1:1.5.3-1+b1
aptitude cannot run in ncurses mode with terminal type "dumb"

So must use:
# TERM=linux aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-cirrus=1:1.5.3-1+b1
# TERM= aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-cirrus=1:1.5.3-1+b1
# unset TERM; aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-cirrus=1:1.5.3-1+b1

You don't allow TERM=dumb (bug) but allow no TERM at all (fine).

$ TERM= aptitude
Error opening terminal: unknown.

That is fine.

But that is ncurses mode, and what I was doing wasn't.