[Debconf-devel] Bug#387725: debconf-escape is not idempotent wrt '\n'

[martin f krafft]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.4
Severity: normal

debconf-escape does not properly escape the literal (non-control)
\n:

lapse:~> echo '\n' | debconf-escape -e | debconf-escape -u | xxd
0000000: 0a0a       

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (750, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (250, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  debconf-i18n                  1.5.4      full internationalization support 
ii  perl-base                     5.8.8-6.1  The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils                     0.6.45     APT utility programs

-- debconf information excluded

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