Hi Mats, Le 07.03.2012 14:25, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud a écrit : > Le 04.10.2011 21:36, Mats Erik Andersson a écrit : >> At a previous time the functions in 'init-functions' >> were allowed to use >> >> /bin/echo -e >> >> whereas presently they are all forced into using >> >> /bin/echo -n >> >> It would be far superior to use >> >> /bin/echo -ne >> >> as this restores to any script author the possibility of >> issueing structured messages using standard escape sequences >> like "\b\t". > > On one hand, I understand the desire to have access to "powerful" > structured messages in init scripts. On the other hand, I see some value > in limiting what can be done to the display by init script messages. In > fact, I fail to see valid reasons to use structured messages in init > scripts and your bugreport doesn't show a real-world use case. > > By the way, are there init scripts that got broken by this change ? > > For now, I'm tempted to tag this bug as +wontfix but am open to get > convinced, hence +moreinfo. After one month and a half without more info from you on this bug: this is a ping. Do you intend to provide more info to this bug ? Without input, it will certainly not get fixed, either way. Cheers, OdyX
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