alias.bash: restore || echo 0 sequence after tput colors

[jengelh]

It is possible for test "$(tput colors)" -ge 8 to throw a -bash: test: : integer expected exception.

In commit 983fd43, tput colors was always followed by || echo 0, because tput does not output anything if there are no definitions for the current $TERM value. This got lost in commit 5486aad.

[bitstreamout]

Umm .. this should be working with latest ncurses again ... means tput colors should show -1 ....

TERM=vt100 tput colors
-1

on all architectures ...at least the latest %check of ncurses does test this an all architectures

[bugfinder]

so this change is obsoleted ?

[bitstreamout]

Looks like Jürgen is still on vacation

so this change is obsoleted ?

[jengelh]

tput does not always output -1.

$ TERM="" tput colors
[stderr] tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified

[bitstreamout]

tput does not always output -1.

$ TERM="" tput colors
[stderr] tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified

AFAICS in /usr/etc/profile.d/alias.bash there is:

if type -p tput >/dev/null 2>&1 && test -n "$TERM" -a -t 1 && test "$(tput colors)" -ge 8 ; then

as well as in /usr/etc/profile.d/alias.tcsh

if ( -X tput && ${?TERM} && -t 1 ) then
    if ( `tput colors` >= 8 ) then

where tput can fetch an empty or not set $TERM ... in tcsh code but not in bash code or do I overread something?

[bitstreamout]

A wrong set TERM indeed

(setenv TERM foobar; tput colors)
tcsh: using dumb terminal settings.
tput: unknown terminal "foobar"

[bitstreamout]

The special longname of tput could be used to check ...

bash code:

tput longname > /dev/null 2>&1 && tput colors

tcsh code:

tput longname >& /dev/null && tput colors

[jengelh]

So, any progress?

[bitstreamout]

So, any progress?

The current code works with latest ncurses and when a wrong TERM is set at all?