Bug#801770: devscripts: rmadison does not run properly but instead has a mishmash of rubbish

[Adam D. Barratt]

On 2015-10-15 7:35, Sharon Kimble wrote:
[...]
>> On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 18:32 +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>> "Adam D. Barratt" <adam at adam-barratt.org.uk> writes:
[...]
>>> >> rmadison emacs24
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>>> >> Oct 14 13:09:17 @~]$ [489]>;
>>> >>
>>> >> This is on a fresh install of jessie yesterday, 64bit. I've tried upgrading to
>>> >> the version of devscripts in testing, but it makes no difference, still the
>>> >> same mishmash.
[...]
>>> > I'm unable to reproduce this:
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> Is it possible that I have a corrupted font which is causing the
> mish-mash? Do you know the font that "rmadison" uses please?

I guess it's possible. rmadison won't be using any particular font of 
its own accord though, it's just writing output to the console.

Regards,

Adam