Debian bug report logs - #1697 finger sometimes produces garbage characters in output Package: netstd ; Reported by: Ian Jackson ; Done: "Peter Tobias" . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From server.et-inf.fho-emden.de!tobias Fri Oct 20 09:10:33 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t6K1g-000B6bC; Fri, 20 Oct 95 09:10 PDT Received: from server.et-inf.fho-emden.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28377 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 20 Oct 1995 09:10:00 -0700 Received: by server.et-inf.fho-emden.de (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA05653; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 17:00:29 +0100 Message-Id: <9510201600.AA05653@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> Subject: Re: Bug#1697: finger sometimes produces garbage characters in output To: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 17:00:29 +0100 (MET) From: "Peter Tobias" Cc: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com Reply-To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de In-Reply-To: from "Ian Jackson" at Oct 18, 95 01:59:00 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 877 Ian Jackson wrote: > > > See the transcript below - note the funny high-bit-set characters at > > > the start of each `n minutes m seconds idle' line. I have uuencoded > > > the transcript to prevent the characters being mangled in > > > transmission. > > > > Funny, another bug that I can't reproduce :-). Anyway, could you please > > try the following version and drop me a note if it works for you? > > Thanks, when I install that as /usr/bin/finger it solves the funny > characters problem (which only occurs if I do a remote finger). [...] I'll close this bug report. I'll leave the finger/timezone bug report open. Peter -- Peter Tobias EMail: Fachhochschule Ostfriesland tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik tobias@perseus.fho-emden.de Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to Ian Jackson : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Tue Oct 17 13:01:50 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t5ICs-0006HDC; Tue, 17 Oct 95 13:01 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21061 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 17 Oct 1995 13:01:24 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t5JEs-0007u9C; Tue, 17 Oct 95 21:07 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t5ICT-0002ayC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Tue, 17 Oct 95 21:01 BST Message-Id: Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 21:01 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address X-Debian-Cc: martinh Subject: finger sometimes produces garbage characters in output Package: netstd Version: 1.17-1 See the transcript below - note the funny high-bit-set characters at the start of each `n minutes m seconds idle' line. I have uuencoded the transcript to prevent the characters being mangled in transmission. Ian. begin 644 typescript.gz M'XL(`/4*A#`"`XV536[;,!"%UQ:@$W@SRV116;_^(=`TBP)%B]@IX'05=,%0 MM,58(@V*LNM-S]:;]"H=68AER7(J[RR0W\Q[Y!LNF19;`[FAVO`8E(2G@L,C M,^!-P'=)-"7!%+S9++*&SY^\9/AQ1U-5:/+[#E9"KKD&0>4]2P35&X4NG85AVWURI3[\0-/F!28R&I/@!E3!727"2P2;F>P`>:&TC+TJ=.\>CQ M?@2SSN-L#Q;;FI?NK)3>4QVC/4:5$^,HK?3-Z1:Y?_7<]V<*BBSD5HL=#J8U M!A3XG?GBJ<'AZ7U].P46A:_-XG2Y^NZE%_,;_Y+F-.X 9KOY8R^H]B)7DG8]!&%6/P3_5TVR-.`8``.P4 ` end ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to martinh . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1697 ; Package netstd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov