1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 84c4bc6..c8bea8d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+# NOTE: Unsetting $TERM is necessary since the
+# PPA build servers have a broken curses setup.
+# They have $TERM set but do not include the corresponding
+# terminal definitions.
+# This lets SciTECO choose a reasonable default
+# and we've also added some terminal definitions to the
+# build dependencies.
+export TERM=
+
 %:
 	dh $@