problem with box using linux console

[MStraub]

Hi,

I'm having a problem with the box function but only on the linux
console (i.e. TERM=linux).
It just doesn't seem to work right at all.

Sorry, I don't know the exact versions of ncurses that redhat
distributes, but this worked ok on redhat
7.3 (ncurses-5.2) but doesn't with redhat 8.0 (later version of
ncurses-5.2).  I downloaded ncurses-5.3
to my redhat 8.0 system and the problem still occurs.  There are a set
of test programs with the
ncurses source.  The problem is exhibited with these as well (programs
that use box, such as
test/cardfile).

I tried swapping libncurses libs and terminfo files but I really can't
seem to isolate where the problem
is at.

Does anyone know what the problem is here ?

Thanks,
mike