From 012f68ee2cccb2b466724a41dad148ecdecde0a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sin-ack <sin-ack@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:41:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] build: Disable terminfo database installation

Database installation is unconditional in Ghostty and causes conflicts
with newer ncurses versions which have the database merged in.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/948830
Signed-off-by: sin-ack <sin-ack@protonmail.com>
---
 src/build/GhosttyResources.zig | 40 ----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/build/GhosttyResources.zig b/src/build/GhosttyResources.zig
index 266069f83..f6f7409ce 100644
--- a/src/build/GhosttyResources.zig
+++ b/src/build/GhosttyResources.zig
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ pub fn init(b: *std.Build, cfg: *const Config) !GhosttyResources {
     // Terminfo
     terminfo: {
         const os_tag = cfg.target.result.os.tag;
-        const terminfo_share_dir = if (os_tag == .freebsd)
-            "site-terminfo"
-        else
-            "terminfo";
 
         // Encode our terminfo
         var str = std.ArrayList(u8).init(b.allocator);
@@ -68,42 +64,6 @@ pub fn init(b: *std.Build, cfg: *const Config) !GhosttyResources {
 
             try steps.append(&cap_install.step);
         }
-
-        // Compile the terminfo source into a terminfo database
-        {
-            const run_step = RunStep.create(b, "tic");
-            run_step.addArgs(&.{ "tic", "-x", "-o" });
-            const path = run_step.addOutputFileArg(terminfo_share_dir);
-
-            run_step.addFileArg(source);
-            _ = run_step.captureStdErr(); // so we don't see stderr
-
-            // Ensure that `share/terminfo` is a directory, otherwise the `cp
-            // -R` will create a file named `share/terminfo`
-            const mkdir_step = RunStep.create(b, "make share/terminfo directory");
-            switch (cfg.target.result.os.tag) {
-                // windows mkdir shouldn't need "-p"
-                .windows => mkdir_step.addArgs(&.{"mkdir"}),
-                else => mkdir_step.addArgs(&.{ "mkdir", "-p" }),
-            }
-
-            mkdir_step.addArg(b.fmt(
-                "{s}/share/{s}",
-                .{ b.install_path, terminfo_share_dir },
-            ));
-
-            try steps.append(&mkdir_step.step);
-
-            // Use cp -R instead of Step.InstallDir because we need to preserve
-            // symlinks in the terminfo database. Zig's InstallDir step doesn't
-            // handle symlinks correctly yet.
-            const copy_step = RunStep.create(b, "copy terminfo db");
-            copy_step.addArgs(&.{ "cp", "-R" });
-            copy_step.addFileArg(path);
-            copy_step.addArg(b.fmt("{s}/share", .{b.install_path}));
-            copy_step.step.dependOn(&mkdir_step.step);
-            try steps.append(&copy_step.step);
-        }
     }
 
     // Shell-integration
-- 
2.49.1

