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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
