[OE-core] latest updates make kernel menuconfig unusable

[Khem Raj]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Martin Jansa <martin.jansa at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 04:20:03PM +0200, Andreas Müller wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> since
>>
>> commit fe417e8a4d625c6933de72163d2fee52ac47f571
>> Author: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
>> Date:   Thu May 31 13:22:34 2012 +0000
>>
>>     cmd1.bbclass: Ensure ncurses is built and used for menuconfig tasks
>>
>>     Currently, the task just exits if something goes wrong. This adds the
>>     ncurses-native dependency. It also adds a small delay before closing the
>>     window so any messages displayed there can be seen.
>>
>>     Trying to get the kernel build system to correctly find and link with
>>     our copy of ncurses is some kind of nightmare. I ended up having to add
>>     it to HOST_LOADLIBES globally for this task which is rather nasty but I
>>     couldn't find any other way.
>>
>>     [YOCTO #2513]
>>
>>     Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
>>
>> my menuconfig is unusable (see screenshot attached). I reverted it and
>> can work as before.
>>
>> I am working on Fedora 15 and set in my local.conf
>>
>> TERMCMD = "${GNOME_TERMCMD}"
>> TERMCMDRUN = "${GNOME_TERMCMDRUN}"
>
> I can confirm the same look&feel with
> TERMCMD = "${SCREEN_TERMCMD}"
> TERMCMDRUN = "${SCREEN_TERMCMDRUN}"
>

seems like a locale issue.