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nano package

Nano breaks bash scripts with default config in edgy

Bug #62666 reported by Tom Bruno on 2006-09-27

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nano (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #451659
	nano (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nano

If not specified --noconvert on command line, nano saves files that were opened with ^M instead of new lines (CR-LF). This is BAD as it breaks bash scripts.

if open a new file, it does not do this.

if open a file for editing then save changes, it does.

in Ubuntu Edgy with nano 1.3.12-2

This just started happening recently (like today)

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Tom Bruno (crweb) wrote on 2006-09-27:

this only occurs with some files. Some files can start out as unix format, then be saved and are now dos/mac format. other files don't do this.

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Tom Bruno (crweb) wrote on 2006-09-27:

Example file that is converted incorrectly Edit (1.6 KiB, text/x-sh)

This is a example of one of the files i have that is converted incorrectly.

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Kjell Braden (afflux) wrote on 2007-11-17:

I can confirm this on up-do-date ubuntu hardy, nano 2.0.6-2. Therefore, I reported it at debian's bug-tracker so we can sync the package once they fix it.