Package: dash Version: 0.5.7-4+b1 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer,
dash's builtin version of printf doesn't support '\e' (escape), and literaly outputs the 2 characters as-is. As is well known, this sequence is useful, for example, when outputting ANSI escape sequences. While it seems that POSIX does not require that printf support '\e', and there are easy workarounds like using '\033' or using /usr/bin/printf from coreutils, it might still be worth considering implementing '\e' support, as a way to make the environment more consistent and avoid this small issue when porting scripts from certain other systems or when migrating from Bash to Dash. The '\e' sequence is supported, namely, by debian's coreutils package version of printf, Bash, and also on OpenBSD and NetBSD implementations of printf. Thanks Best Regards Claudio Martins -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages dash depends on: ii debianutils 4.4+b1 ii dpkg 1.17.26 ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u3 dash recommends no packages. dash suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * dash/sh: true
