Debian Bug report logs - #419619
gsfonts: postinst/prerm echo -e

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alan Curry <pacman@TheWorld.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: gsfonts: postinst/prerm echo -e

Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:04:12 -0400 (EDT)

Package: gsfonts
Version: 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-1
Severity: minor

The use of echo -e to enable backslash escapes is not supported by all shells
which may be installed as /bin/sh in Debian. When /bin/sh is [d]ash, the
upgrade of gsfonts prints some weird-looking messages like this:

  -e -n Unregistering PostScript fonts...
  -e -n (Re-)registering PostScript fonts...

The postinst and prerm scripts have these interesting lines:

  gsfonts.postinst:
  echo -e -n "(Re-)registering PostScript fonts...\n"

  gsfonts.prerm:
  echo -e -n "Unregistering PostScript fonts...\n"

They use 3 non-portable echo features in one line (-e, -n, and \n) - only one
of which (the -n) is guaranteed by Debian to be supported in /bin/sh, and the
net effect, if all 3 of them happen to work, is that they cancel each other
out! How about simplifying those lines to

  echo "(Re-)registering PostScript fonts..."
  echo "Unregistering PostScript fonts..."

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20.4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gsfonts depends on:
ii  defoma                       0.11.10-0.1 Debian Font Manager -- automatic f

gsfonts recommends no packages.

-- debconf-show failed

Message #10 received at 419619-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <mhatta@debian.org>

To: 419619-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#419619: fixed in gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2

Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 01:32:09 +0000

Source: gsfonts
Source-Version: 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gsfonts, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/g/gsfonts/gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2.diff.gz
gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2.dsc
  to pool/main/g/gsfonts/gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2.dsc
gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2_all.deb
  to pool/main/g/gsfonts/gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 419619@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <mhatta@debian.org> (supplier of updated gsfonts package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 10:08:41 +0900
Source: gsfonts
Binary: gsfonts
Architecture: source all
Version: 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <mhatta@debian.org>
Changed-By: Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <mhatta@debian.org>
Description: 
 gsfonts    - Fonts for the Ghostscript interpreter(s)
Closes: 415927 419619
Changes: 
 gsfonts (1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Do not give echo certain-shell-specific options in postinst/prerm - closes: #419619
   * Fixed debian/watch - closes: #415927
Files: 
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 9a4a0d06cffaa7a159791ae76813ada1 7857 text optional gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2.diff.gz
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Message #17 received at 419619@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Lior Kaplan <kaplan@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <419619@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: gsfonts: one string was missed

Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 23:54:14 +0300

Package: gsfonts
Version: 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2
Followup-For: Bug #419619

During the upgrade to the new version, I noticed this "\n" at the end of line.

Setting up gsfonts (8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-2) ...
(Re-)registering PostScript fonts...\n
done.

Please remove it also. 

Thanks.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gsfonts depends on:
ii  defoma                       0.11.10-0.1 Debian Font Manager -- automatic f

gsfonts recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #22 received at 419619-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <mhatta@debian.org>

To: 419619-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#419619: fixed in gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3

Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 16:47:04 +0000

Source: gsfonts
Source-Version: 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gsfonts, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3.diff.gz
  to pool/main/g/gsfonts/gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3.diff.gz
gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3.dsc
  to pool/main/g/gsfonts/gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3.dsc
gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3_all.deb
  to pool/main/g/gsfonts/gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 419619@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <mhatta@debian.org> (supplier of updated gsfonts package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 01:36:30 +0900
Source: gsfonts
Binary: gsfonts
Architecture: source all
Version: 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <mhatta@debian.org>
Changed-By: Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <mhatta@debian.org>
Description: 
 gsfonts    - Fonts for the Ghostscript interpreter(s)
Closes: 419619
Changes: 
 gsfonts (1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Removed \n in postinst/prerm - closes: #419619
Files: 
 fd92596f9c370ae5b9798b70297c91a2 687 text optional gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3.dsc
 44b3847da318080e75038c2c9cf2d08d 7879 text optional gsfonts_8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3.diff.gz
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