Ncurses package missing terminfo for simple terminal (st)

[averms]

Problem description
st st-256color st-meta st-meta-256color are missing from the ncurses package. Without these, sshing from my linux laptop that uses st doesn't work well.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install st
2. SSH into termux
3. Type some characters
4. Press backspace

The character are not deleted.

Expected behavior

I would expect the characters to be deleted.

Solution

Upstream ncurses does in fact distribute st terminfos, however it seems that you are not packaging them. The solution would be to package them.

[ghost]

st st-256color st-meta st-meta-256color terminfo is available in st package from x11-repo.

[ghost]

These files can be moved to ncurses though as installing st will download additional dependencies.

[averms]

Yeah, the ncurses package on my Arch machine includes all the st stuff.
I assume

termux-packages/packages/ncurses/build.sh

Line 77 in 294a19b

# Strip away 30 years of cruft to decrease size.

has something to do with it.

[Shourai]

These files can be moved to ncurses though as installing st will download additional dependencies.

I experience the same thing as @a-vrma does when using st to ssh to termux.
Though installing st from the x11-repo does work, it is as you said also installing additional dependencies.

Though a workaround without installing anything is just setting the TERM variable to something else as mentioned in #1061 (comment).
TERM=vt100
Works for me, but not an ideal solution.

[ghost]

Done in a6c4958.