On Sat, 8 Mar 2014 01:46:52 +0000 (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> 0 1 2 3 4 > 012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 > Ruby MRI 1.8 removal; 1.9 recommended default > > (The latter is GLEP 42's max 44 chars exactly, and accurately > represents the recommended eselect ruby setting.) $ x="Ruby MRI 1.8 removal; 1.9 recommended default" ; echo ${#x} 45 Since you have started with 0 instead of 1, you have one character more; thus we'll need to find another character to cut, since that doesn't seem possible I suggest we drop the word "default" instead. $ x="Ruby MRI 1.8 removal; 1.9 recommended" ; echo ${#x} 37 -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D