menuconfig TERMCAP bool "termcap " help This is the GNU termcap library -- a library of C functions that enable programs to send control strings to terminals in a way independent of the terminal type. The GNU termcap library does not place an arbitrary limit on the size of termcap entries, unlike most other termcap libraries. This is a static library only. config TERMCAP_TERMCAP bool "install termcap data file" depends on TERMCAP default y help This installs the latest official termcap data file into /etc/termcap.src. The current version contains some entries that are more than 1023 bytes long, which is the largest value that is safe to use with the many historical applications that only allocate a 1024 byte termcap buffer (telnet, for example). If you make sure that all of your programs allocate buffers of at least 2500 bytes, or let the termcap library do it by passing a NULL pointer, then it is safe to install the new termcap file. To handle different terminal capabilities this database is needed by applications on the target.