Re: bin/56496: etcupdate(8) merge formatting issue

[Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/56496; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/56496: etcupdate(8) merge formatting issue
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 23:11:57 +0100

 On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:15:01 +0000 (UTC), Martin Husemann wrote:
 >  >  Don't set explicit tab positions (wherever it is being set, however
 >  >  it is being set--tabs(1), tset(1), ...).
 > =20
 >  ... which makes Hauke's shell startup script(s) a likely culprit,=20
 > and explains why it is hard or impossible to reproduce for others.
 
 Unfortunately, no:
 
 I use tcsh, and while csh.{cshrc,login} have historically grown=20
 lengthy, I don't set tabs anywhere.
 
 And an xterm started from a newly created unprivileged account using=20
 /bin/sh shows the exact same problem.
 
 --=20
      The ASCII Ribbon Campaign                    Hauke Fath
 ()     No HTML/RTF in email            Institut f=FCr Nachrichtentechnik
 /\     No Word docs in email                     TU Darmstadt
      Respect for open standards              Ruf +49-6151-16-21344