portmaster ncurses issue

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I'm unable to select ncurses options in the config using portmaster. The space-bar prints characters in the menu. If I do a make config, it works just fine. Any help appreciated.



Thanks,
 
If the problem is the old version of dialog(1), make config won't work, either.

Too little information. What version of FreeBSD? What customizations in /etc/make.conf? Any custom settings for native language?
 
new install 9.1. I had the same problem with 9.0 though. no customizations. I seem to remember finding the solution before (config maybe..need to clear or reset?). I don't know but I can't find it now. I'll try the dialog after the current port finishes installing..can't hurt.

Thanks,
 
Nevermind. I thought it was working but its not now.

make.conf

Code: 
# added by use.perl 2013-01-10 16:05:18
PERL_VERSION=5.14.2
RANDOMIZE_MASTER_SITES=yes
DIALOG="/usr/ports/Tools/scripts/dialogwrapper.sh"
 
Garbled characters showing may be a config error in your user settings. To make things simpler, try it from a text console, not an xterm. If it has the same problem there, consider settings in /etc/rc.conf, particularly locale or language settings. Or you might have something in the shell startup file, ~/.cshrc or the equivalent.
 
I believe I found the cause if not the reason

This happened on both the xterm and the console and on various shells. It happened before I configured anything but it seems my command(s) were the issue.

Code: 
portmaster -b --force-config mail/fetchmail 2>&1|tee /root/portmasterlogs/pm_fetchmail

This is what I was using to install everything (probably, got it from here..sorry if I don't remember who/what post to credit).

The tee seems to be doing it. Without it, it works :stud. If someone knows how to use the tee and eliminate the issue I would be very grateful.

Thanks to everyone (wblock@ and cpu82) for their help.
 
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