Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:27:01 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Bryan Drewery <bryan@shatow.net> Cc: Peggy Wilkins <enlil65@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Options dialog display problem Message-ID: <CAN6yY1swwPeQDd7SX66SDEQD_QnXk8VPCnhwLnJMPQ8umXe0Cg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FE6492B.1080008@shatow.net> References: <CAG_3X=nfL1iakx-N6JhcY1ZGoYX0Womdw6zv9bGiaAxv%2Bc8Cqg@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1svUuDdVAFzz3MMxH_pFf7CZVgBwVtSCzL6MiXGtmS82g@mail.gmail.com> <4FE6492B.1080008@shatow.net>
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On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Bryan Drewery <bryan@shatow.net> wrote: > On 6/23/2012 2:32 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> I think this is a bug in dialog(1). It is the result of a description >> extending past the end of the line as happens with the NLS >> description. > > I get the same behavior on FreeBSD 8.3. > > I've submitted a PR to lessen the length of the NLS description, as well > as some others. Yes, this issue only affects FreeBSD 7and 8 as 9 has replaced the old FreeBSD dialog (and libdialog) with the standard version used in most distros and I believe both NetBSD and OpenBSD. It just truncates a long description line, though, so getting it shortened is still a good idea. Thanks for submitting the PR. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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