Package: tex-common
Version: 2.09
Tags: patch
Maintainer scripts that interface with update-language-def yield a large
number of warnings in an upgrade log:
/usr/sbin/update-language-def: line 779: printf: missing unicode digit for \u
This is because update-language-def calls printf like so:
printf "
${PCC}${PCC}${PCC} No changes may be made beyond this point.
\uselanguage {USenglish} ${PCC}${PCC}${PCC} This MUST be the
last li
ne of the file.
" >> "$tempfile"
and bash's printf interprets "\u" as an escape for a unicode codepoint.
To avoid this, it appears the backslash needs to be double-escaped, i.e.,
\\\\uselanguage
I've tested that this is safe on dash as well, though it doesn't matter
since update-language-def is declared as a bash script.
Please consider fixing this, making upgrade logs less noisy.
Thanks,
--
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
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slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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