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coreutils: pr: columnation just doesn't work? at all?

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From: наб <[email protected]>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: coreutils: pr: columnation just doesn't work? at all?

Date: Sat, 6 May 2023 03:18:39 +0200

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Package: coreutils
Version: 9.1-1
Severity: normal

  Dear Maintainer,

$ cat > /tmp/q
Not picky about patches — inline, attachment
zupa tusta zupa tusta zupa tusta zupa tusta
zupka tłuściutka zupka tłuściutka zupka tłuś
$ pr -Fm /tmp/q /tmp/q


2023-05-06 03:12                                                  Page 1


Not picky about patches — inline, at Not picky about patches — inline, at
zupa tusta zupa tusta zupa tusta zu zupa tusta zupa tusta zupa tusta zu
zupka tłuściutka zupka tłuściutka zupka zupka tłuściutka zupka tłuściutka zupka

  why. how. what's the point of pr then?
  FTR, the correct output is

$ out/cmd/pr -Fm /tmp/q /tmp/q


2023-05-06 03:12                Page 1


Not picky about patches — inline, a Not picky about patches — inline, a
zupa tusta zupa tusta zupa tusta zu zupa tusta zupa tusta zupa tusta zu
zupka tłuściutka zupka tłuściutka z zupka tłuściutka zupka tłuściutka z

  I didn't even try to see what happens with double-wide characters,
  because that would kill me instantly.

  Best,
  наб

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: x32 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: amd64, i386

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages coreutils depends on:
ii  libacl1      2.3.1-3
ii  libattr1     1:2.5.1-4
ii  libc6        2.36-9
ii  libgmp10     2:6.2.1+dfsg1-1.1
ii  libselinux1  3.4-1+b5

coreutils recommends no packages.

coreutils suggests no packages.

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