Bug#684223: Two console fonts show broken bar instead of a vertical line
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 05:46:21PM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> reassign 684223 src:linux linux-2.6/2.6.32-45
> found 684223 linux/3.5-1~experimental.1
> # not obvious to me that it is a bug
> severity 684223 wishlist
> tags 684223 = upstream patch moreinfo
> quit
>
> Hi,
>
> Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 10:24:22PM +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
>
> >> The files "font_mini_4x6.c" and "font_sun8x16.c" in the
> >> directory "drivers/video/console" define glyph "|" (124, 0x7C)
> >> with a hole in the vertical line.
> >>
> >> Version 3.5 has the same holes.
> >>
> >> Patches:
> > [...]
> >
> > Please send patches upstream, as explained in
> > Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>
> Bjarni, are you still interested in pursuing this?
>
> If not, that's fine, but please do let us know so we can plan
> accordingly.
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
I sent my report to upstream (linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org) on 12th August
and got an answer on 23th September that it would be applied.
The issue was thus out of my mind, so I did not report this to the
Debian bug site (#684223)
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
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