Package: alien-arena Version: 6.05-1 Severity: minor Tags: patch The wrapper script's help-text contains backslash-escaped characters which do not get interpreted:
------ snip ------ $ alien-arena -h Alien Arena client wrapper\nThis script is Debian specific, it is *NOT* part of the source distribution!\nUsage: alien-arena [OPTION] [PARAMETERS]...\n\n -h, --help\t\tDisplay this help\n -q, --quiet\t\tDisable console output\n [PARAMETERS]\tPass internal parameters to the client\n\nMore information on using this script can be found in the alien-arena(6) man page.\n $ ------ snip ------ Solution: Replace echo ${USAGE} with echo -e ${USAGE} -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages alien-arena depends on: ii alien-arena-data 6.05-1 Game data files for Alien Arena ii libc6 2.6-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 6.5.2-7 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libglu1-mesa [libglu1] 6.5.2-7 The OpenGL utility library (GLU) ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.11-8 Simple DirectMedia Layer ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxxf86dga1 2:1.0.1-2 X11 Direct Graphics Access extensi ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.1-2 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l alien-arena recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]