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Re: Fixing #185014 (cdebconf mangles consecutive spaces)



On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:05:30AM +0200, Martin Sjögren wrote:
> I want to fix #185014. My fix for this would change the soname of
> libdebconf, and so I think, why not take the time to scrap it, as per
> the discussion in http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot-0303/msg00405.html
> So, I want to drop libdebconf1 and add libdebconfclient0. This means
> that udebs using the C interface will have to be recompiled, but I think
> we can deal with that. Furthermore, I think I'll also add
> libdebconfclient0-udeb, since I think there's value in being able to
> have different versions of the lib available in transition periods.
> 
> Comments, anyone?

Go ahead ;)
But frankly you should replace spaces by no-break spaces in order for
them not to be mangled (or escape them with \s if you prefer), I doubt
that you will find a safer solution.

Denis



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