[Expired for pulseaudio (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for
60 days.]
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356192
Title:
pulseaudio puts terminal escape codes to stderr
Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
Binary package hint: pulseaudio
Ubuntu 8.10, pulseaudio 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.3. Error messages to stderr
have escape codes added to make some of the text bold, etc. E.g.
$ pulseaudio --check
W: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader.
$
with the "Failed to find original dlopen loader." in bold. strace
shows
write(2, "W: ltdl-bind-now.c: \33[1mFailed t"..., 67)
and src/pulsecore/log.c's pa_log_levelv_meta() has code like
/* Yes indeed. Useless, but fun! */
if (isatty(STDERR_FILENO)) {
if (level <= PA_LOG_ERROR) {
prefix = "\x1B[1;31m";
suffix = "\x1B[0m";
} else if (level <= PA_LOG_WARN) {
prefix = "\x1B[1m";
suffix = "\x1B[0m";
}
}
It's not fun. It's pointless and surprising to the user. And assumes
things about their TERM -- it doesn't do it properly using terminfo.
What if every program started highlighting errors in bold, red, or
blinking?
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