Unfortunately, the same bug now occurs on Fedora 24, with: dialog-1.3-3.20160209.fc24.ppc64le (Build Date : Fri 19 Feb 2016 11:26:24 PM CST), from the latest build: http://mirrors.rit.edu/fedora/fedora-secondary/releases/test/24_Alpha/Server/ppc64le/iso/Fedora-Server-dvd-ppc64le-24_Alpha-1.3.iso 2016-Mar-29 22:14:02 1.8G
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to dialog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1549300 Title: dialog wrongly requires double backslashes (\\n, \\Z) for control codes in option file Status in dialog package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: == Comment: #0 - Liang Chang Guo <lc...@us.ibm.com> - 2015-09-11 18:44:18 == From Ubuntu 15.10 daily builds, the window-like tool "dialog" in Linux now turns to look for double backslashes (like \\n, \\Z...) as control codes in command option file, which causes incorrect display in format for programs (like PMLinux) that get used to only feeding with single backslash (\n, \Z...). This bug affects menu, form, and form etc. dialog boxes. There is no such problem for other disros, even ubuntu 15.05 ... *** Info of ubuntu/dialog that fail, and command/file to reproduce *** root@ubt1510F:~# uname -a Linux ubt1510F 4.2.0-7-generic #7-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 1 16:42:17 UTC 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux root@ubt1510F:~# dialog --version Version: 1.2-20150528 root@ubt1510F:~# dialog --file PMLinux.menus (see display effect in attachment) root@ubt1510F:~# cat PMLinux.menus --begin 2 2 --default-item "2) Disable" --ok-label " Select " --item-help --help-button --no-cancel --colors --timeout 585 --title " Setup Performance Management " --backtitle "IBM PMLinux Main Menus" --menu " \Z4I\Znnternational \Z4B\Znusiness \Z4M\Znachines (\Zu\Z4IBM\Zn), Copyright 2012-2015 \Z1(C)\Zn\n\n \Z0Move by \Zb\Z4<Up/Down/Left/Right/Tab/[0-9]>\Zn or \Zb\Z4Mouse\Zn to desired function/button\n Presss \Z1<Enter>\Zn to select, or \Z1<Esc>\Zn to exit.\n\n \Zu\Z5ubt1510F\ZU\Zn STATUS: Collection \Z2ON\Zn, Transmission \Z2ON\Zn, CustomerInfo \Z1NO\Zn\n \Z4Linux OS Version\Z0: Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)" 25 81 11 "1)*Enable" "\Z2Data Transmission" "To correct & reset parameters to enable PMLinux Data Collection & Transmission" "2) Disable" "Data Transmission" "To disable PMLinux Data Collection & Transmission. Proceed with Caution !!!" "3) Retransmit" "Recorded Data" "To package historical data files of one or all day(s) into PMstats.send for manual transmission" "4)*Change/Show" "\Z1Customer Information" "To fill out contact info, so that IBM PMLinux team can create a login user for your web reports" "5) Change/Show" "Data Retention Period" "To setup the period length (days) for PMLinux to keep the data files" "6) Change/Show" "Trending Days and Shift Times" "To setup your weekly working days & shift times for PMLinux reports" "7) Change/Show" "System Parameters (Advanced)" "To setup some system configurations" "8) Change/Show" "KVM Guest Collection Settings" "To setup KVM Guest info and querying utilization data intervals" "9) ReadMe" "Guide/References/License" "To browse PMLinux manual/license text documents" "0) Exit" "Quit" "To end this window-style PMLinux configuration tool" *** Info of ubuntu/dialog that pass *** [root@kvmhost ~]# uname -a Linux kvmhost 3.18.17-349.el7_1.pkvm3_1_0.3103.1.daily.donotship.ppc64le #1 SMP Thu Sep 10 07:17:08 CDT 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux [root@kvmhost ~]# dialog --version Version: 1.2-20130523 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dialog/+bug/1549300/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
