Control: reassign -1 debconf On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 14:57:42 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.15.8.13 > Severity: wishlist > > Seems that dpkg does some tricks using ^M on stdout, even > if it is writing into a logfile. Sample: > > : > Package installation log: > ^MExtracting templates from packages: 33% ^MExtracting templates from > packages: 67%^M Extracting templates from packages: 100% > : > : > > Problem is: If heirloom-mailx provides /usr/bin/mailx, then > the unattended-upgrades logs are mailed as application/octet-stream > due to the ^M. Makes it very hard to read in the MUA. Using > bsd-mailx there is no such problem. > > Would it be possible to use a newline instead of ^M, if > stdout is not bound to a terminal?
Indeed, although this is coming from debconf's dpkg-preconfigure. Reassigning. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
