Subject: bug#120 closed by Mark Hindley <[email-masked]> (Fixed in Debian #868266)

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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 07:40:05 +0000

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#120: New ncurses breaks perldoc

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Subject: Fixed in Debian #868266
From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 07:38:34 +0000

Version: 6.0+20170715-1

Subject: New ncurses breaks perldoc
From: Klaus Ethgen <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 18:11:18 +0100

Package: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20170708-1

Version 6.0+20170701-1 breaks unrelated software like perldoc that is
not able anymore to print bold or other ansi control codes

Version 6.0+20170408-1 is the last working version.

Regards
   Klaus
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