I think this bug should instead be filed against the console, against the font it uses, not against each individual package that uses pretty quotes. Really, a modern font should be able to render “” and ‘’ and «» correctly, also on the console (VT).
** Summary changed: - Malformed characters on the console with LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 are shown + On the console block characters are shown instead of pretty quotes -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1569964 Title: On the console block characters are shown instead of pretty quotes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nano/+bug/1569964/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
