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See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356192 Title: pulseaudio puts terminal escape codes to stderr Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: pulseaudio Ubuntu 8.10, pulseaudio 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.3. Error messages to stderr have escape codes added to make some of the text bold, etc. E.g. $ pulseaudio --check W: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader. $ with the "Failed to find original dlopen loader." in bold. strace shows write(2, "W: ltdl-bind-now.c: \33[1mFailed t"..., 67) and src/pulsecore/log.c's pa_log_levelv_meta() has code like /* Yes indeed. Useless, but fun! */ if (isatty(STDERR_FILENO)) { if (level <= PA_LOG_ERROR) { prefix = "\x1B[1;31m"; suffix = "\x1B[0m"; } else if (level <= PA_LOG_WARN) { prefix = "\x1B[1m"; suffix = "\x1B[0m"; } } It's not fun. It's pointless and surprising to the user. And assumes things about their TERM -- it doesn't do it properly using terminfo. What if every program started highlighting errors in bold, red, or blinking? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/356192/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
