gnome-terminal doesn't set $COLORTERM from 3.14 onwards
Bug #1429584 reported by
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Gnome terminal has dropped the $COLORTERM workaround for invalid terminfo/termcap.
References:
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This affects release: Vivid Vervet
Workaround I currently use is `.bashrc`:
if [ -z "$COLORTERM" ] && cat /proc/$PPID/exe 2> /dev/null | grep -q gnome-terminal; then
export COLORTERM=
fi
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Opinion |
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> This affects release: Vivid Vervet
How exactly does it effect it?
$COLORTERM was dropped for a good reason; appart from the links you posted the best explanation is probably at https:/ /bugzilla. gnome.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 733423.
$COLORTERM should not be necessary ever. Instead of bringing it back, the distro should rather fix whoever relies on this to use better methods (e.g. xtermcontrol or equivalent; or $VTE_VERSION) instead.