Bug#727680: apt: [l10n-fr] "Confirmation" sentence for replacing essential packages contains unidentifiable character
Package: apt
Version: 0.9.12.1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch l10n
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
I tried to remove an essential package (namely sysvinit) for testing
purposes (of upstart) with the following command:
apt-get install upstart
which asked me to type the following sentence to confirm the operation:
"Pour continuer, tapez la phrase « Oui, faites ce que je vous
dis ! »" (where the space before "!" is an unbreakable space)
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
I entered "Oui, faites ce que je vous dis !" (where the space is a
normal space)
* What was the outcome of this action?
Confirmation sentence was refused.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
Confirmation sentence is accepted.
I suggest one of the following solution:
- remove the unbreakable space
diff fr.po fr-new.po
660c660
< msgstr "Oui, faites ce que je vous dis !"
---
> msgstr "Oui, faites ce que je vous dis!"
- replace it with a normal space
diff fr.po fr-new2.po
660c660
< msgstr "Oui, faites ce que je vous dis !"
---
> msgstr "Oui, faites ce que je vous dis !"
The unbreakable space is typographically the right char, but few normal
people are used to type it (or even know it's existence.)
Using a normal space could disturb people used to do the right thing and
type the unbreakable space.
Removing the space is a workaround generally accepted when there is no
available unbreakable space.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500,
'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable-proposed-updates'), (500,
'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.11-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored:
LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4
ii gnupg 1.4.15-1.1
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.12.1
ii libc6 2.17-93
ii libgcc1 1:4.8.2-1
ii libstdc++6 4.8.2-1
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.6.8.2-1.2
ii dpkg-dev 1.17.1
ii python-apt 0.9.1
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2
-- no debconf information
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