Package: fortunes Version: 1:1.99.1-2 Severity: minor Noticed that a fortune being displayed through a web browser looked funny, and it turns out that its due to line-printer formatting being present:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fortune -m 'documentation manager' | xxd ... 00000d0: 6963 652e 2020 4275 7420 6f6e 6c79 0a2a ice. But only.* 00000e0: 5f5f 0808 6865 2a20 6861 6420 6120 6c6f __..he* had a lo 00000f0: 6c6c 6970 6f70 2e0a 0948 6520 6173 6b65 llipop...He aske ... Notice the two 0x08, which are backspace characters. Are ASCII control characters supposed to be in fortune files? -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (100, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages fortunes depends on: ii fortune-mod 1:1.99.1-2 provides fortune cookies on demand ii fortunes-min 1:1.99.1-2 Data files containing fortune cook fortunes recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
