I can reproduce this in a precise environment as well. But it seems as if this is a bug in gnome-terminal since the same problem does not occur in xterm either in lucid or precise.
** Package changed: aptitude (Ubuntu) => gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/884521 Title: aptitude insists to run reportbug when it shouldn't To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/884521/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs