Your message dated Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:57:52 -0600
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and subject line Re: Bug#714352: [coreutils] seq -s not working
has caused the Debian Bug report #714352,
regarding [coreutils] seq -s not working
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Package: coreutils
Version: 8.20-3
Severity: normal
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On Debian sid (incorrect):
$ /usr/bin/seq -s 'a' 3
1
2a3a
On Debian wheezy (correct):
$ /usr/bin/seq -s 'a' 3
1a2a3
The manpage says for -s: "use STRING to separate numbers (default: \n)".
And the info page says: "Separate numbers with STRING; default is a newline.
The output always terminates with a newline."
Apparently the unstable version of seq confuses the first separator and the
final newline, i.e. it SHOULD replace the first separator with 'a', and it
SHOULDN'T replace the terminating newline with an 'a'.
--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 3.9.7
Debian Release: jessie/sid
500 unstable ftp.ro.debian.org
500 stable security.debian.org
500 stable ftp.ro.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
=============================-+-=============
dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | 1.16.10
OR install-info | 5.1.dfsg.1-3
Package's Recommends field is empty.
Package's Suggests field is empty.
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Török Edwin wrote:
> On Debian sid (incorrect):
> $ /usr/bin/seq -s 'a' 3
> 1
> 2a3a
Bob Proulx wrote:
> Upstream bug reference.
>
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=13227
Andrew McCarthy wrote:
> The upstream report shows the bug to have been specific to coreutils 8.20,
> which is no longer in Debian. I can't reproduce it in Wheezy (coreutils
> 8.13) or Jessie (coreutils 8.23).
This bug in Debian was fixed with the next coreutils package upload
and now no longer appears in Debian. Therefore I am closing the bug.
Thank you or your reporting of it. :-)
Sorry for the delayed housekeeping of the bug tracking system ticket.
Bob
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