[BUG] Shell detection on Haiku outputs multiline copyright and breaks the logo

[kit-ty-kate]

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Description

On haiku, the Shell line looks like this:

  `*.__,-cMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM/`.MMM        Shell: bash GNU bash, version 5.3.15(1)-release (x86_64-unknown-haiku)
Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

For some reason more than one line is taken out of bash --version and breaks the logo

Version used

fastfetch 2.67.1 (x86_64)

Bug prevalence

Always

Regression

Not sure

Installation

Package manager

Package manager

pkgman

Screenshots

No response

Configuration

System information

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Features built-in

threads
vulkan
dbus
imagemagick7
zlib
egl
opencl
libelf
libzfs
Embedded wcwidth

[CarterLi]

I installed the fastfetch package in my VM. It works normally.

[CarterLi]

It works normally in the CI too.

https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/actions/runs/34702835509/job/103577658220

[kit-ty-kate]

maybe it only breaks on real hardware when called via ssh?

[CarterLi]

I tested fastfetch in ssh. It works fine too.

[kit-ty-kate]

then i have idea what's happening. It's reproducible on my machine

[CarterLi]

Please try installing/uninstalling libelf and see if anything changes

[kit-ty-kate]

It works! The package wasn't installed but with it installed it now works. Removing it also reproduces the bug.

So i'm guessing this is both a packaging issue in HaikuDepot (missing dependency) and maybe an issue with the fallback when libelf couldn't be found?

[CarterLi]

I did test uninstalling libelf.