Control: reopen -1 On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 02:24:04PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > From: Steven Chamberlain <ste...@pyro.eu.org> > To: 818876-d...@bugs.debian.org > > Source-Version: 2.2.28-1
(My original report:) > inxi -S > System: Host: umbar Kernel: 4.4.5-x32 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 > Distro: /etc/ corrupted, use -% to override > > RTFSing, I see it tries to parse /etc/issue. This is wrong as that file is > not > meant to be machine-parsable, it's a welcome screen meant for humans, supposed > to be replaced by the sysadmin (not that many people care about their console > login screens these days...). You want something like /etc/debian_version. It's definitely not working in 2.2.28-1. inxi happily takes whatever is in the login screen. For example, a widespread use is to start it with a screen clear: printf '\033[2J\033[HWelcome to JoeBob'"'"'s machine!\n' >/etc/issue which makes "inxi -S" output the screen clear and text after is. On the other hand, if it's longer than 80 characters, inxi will say "/etc/ corrupted". For example, a typical university lab will have a long chunk of legalese there, my machine has an ascii-art image -- pretty much anyone who bothers to customize their login screen will make it longer than 80 chars. inxi works correctly only for stock unmodified /etc/issue as shipped by base-files. -- A tit a day keeps the vet away.
