unrequested TERMCAP break 256 color support

Bug #883605 reported by god
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This bug affects 2 people
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screen (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

With "term screen-256color-s" in .screenrc screen automatically set $TERMCAP variable which breaks applications like mc with 256 color support.
Running mc in bare rxvt or as `TERMCAP="" mc' workarounds the problem.

In order to fix it screen shouldn't touch $TERMCAP unless specifically instructed in .screenrc to do so.

ubuntu 10.04 x86_64
screen 4.0.3-14ubuntu7
ncurses-term 5.7+20101128-1
rxvt-unicode 9.09-3

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in screen (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Max (bubuta) wrote :

confirmed in linux mint 11

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