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Bug#566539: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-486: Minor formatting issue on info screen during update



On Sat, 2010-01-23 at 11:15 -0800, Mike Castle wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.32-5
> Severity: minor
> 
> 
> During the upgrade process, apt-get causes a message to display that starts with this text:
> 
> │ Required firmware files may be missing                                    │   
> │                                                                           │   
> │ This system is currently running Linux 2.6.30-2-686 and you are           │   
> │ installing Linux 2.6.32-trunk-486.  In the new version some of the        │   
> │ drivers used on this system may require additional firmware files:        │   
> 
> 
> While scrolling down, I noticed the following:
> │ radeon/RV630_me.bin, radeon/RV630_pfp.bin, radeon/RV610_me.bin,           │   
> │ radeon/RV610_pfp.bin, radeon/R600_me.bin, radeon/R600_pfp.bin\nr8169:     │   
> │ rtl8168d-2.fw, rtl8168d-1.fw                                              │   
> 
> 
> I don't think that \n is supposed to be there.

The "\n" should be converted into a line-break by debconf, and I thought
I saw this working when I added the code that generates such messages.
However, it looks like I need to do a little more to enable that.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Any smoothly functioning technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.

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