[Bug 1581433] Re: free output in german translation line up wrong colums

[Andreas Kostyrka]

added the output again as an attachment because the variable width
display of the output is not helpful.

Basically, one useful idea would be to check the length of the
translations when outputting, and either complain or cut off the
translation.

For free the columnar output is more relevant if the label is complete.

** Attachment added: "sample.output"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1581433/+attachment/4661980/+files/sample.output

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Title:
  free output in german translation line up wrong colums

Status in procps package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Notice how the free column for swap shows 0 in the german translation.

  andreas at asterix:~$ free -m
                gesamt       benutzt     frei      gemns.  Puffer/Cache verfügbar
  Speicher:       15963        4934        7144        1119        3884        9779
  Auslagerungsspeicher:        7981           0        7981
  andreas at asterix:~$ LANG=C free -m
                total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
  Mem:          15963        4935        7142        1119        3886        9778
  Swap:          7981           0        7981
  andreas at asterix:~$ free 
                gesamt       benutzt     frei      gemns.  Puffer/Cache verfügbar
  Speicher:    16346836     5051476     7317744     1144548     3977616    10017704
  Auslagerungsspeicher:     8173408           0     8173408
  andreas at asterix:~$ LANG=C free 
                total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
  Mem:       16346836     5052300     7316848     1144292     3977688    10017188
  Swap:       8173408           0     8173408

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: procps 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.39-generic 4.4.8
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri May 13 10:14:05 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-22 (21 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  SourcePackage: procps
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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