Package: procps
Version: 2:3.3.17-5
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/free
In most of the languages available, the columns in output get
misaligned when non-ASCII characters are used. This makes it
very ugly and sometimes hard to read.
Compare:
$ for L in en de fr pl pt_BR sv uk vi zh_CN; do echo [$L];LANGUAGE=$L free|sed
's/^/>/';done
[en]
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7630100 1562208 3255836 642724 2812056 5138008
Swap: 0 0 0
[de]
gesamt benutzt frei gemns. Puffer/Cache verfügbar
Speicher: 7630100 1562208 3255836 642724 2812056 5138008
Swap: 0 0 0
[fr]
total utilisé libre partagé tamp/cache disponible
Mem: 7630100 1562492 3255552 642724 2812056 5137724
Partition d'échange: 0 0 0
[pl]
razem użyte wolne dzielone buf/cache dostępne
Pamięć: 7630100 1562492 3255552 642724 2812056 5137724
Wymiana: 0 0 0
[pt_BR]
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem.: 7630100 1562492 3255552 642724 2812056 5137724
Swap: 0 0 0
[sv]
totalt använt fritt delat buff/cache tillgängl.
Minne: 7630100 1562776 3255268 642724 2812056 5137440
Växl.: 0 0 0
[uk]
загалом використ. вільна спільна буфери/кеш дост.
Пам.: 7630100 1562776 3255268 642724 2812056 5137440
Своп.: 0 0 0
[vi]
total used free shared buff/cache available
BNhớ: 7630100 1563060 3254984 642724 2812056 5137156
Tráo đổi: 0 0 0
[zh_CN]
total used free shared buff/cache available
内存： 7630100 1562888 3255156 642724 2812056 5137328
交换： 0 0 0
Some of these (French) would need a different abbreviated translation
to fit the limits, but please look at the Ukrainian or at the lines
starting with Swedish ”Växl.:” (1 cell off), Polish „Pamięć:” or
Vietnamese “BNhớ:” (2 cells off).
-k
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (700, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-7-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages procps depends on:
ii init-system-helpers 1.61
ii libc6 2.32-5
ii libncurses6 6.3-1
ii libncursesw6 6.3-1
ii libprocps8 2:3.3.17-5
ii libtinfo6 6.3-1
ii lsb-base 11.1.0
Versions of packages procps recommends:
ii psmisc 23.4-2
procps suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/sysctl.conf changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
