I check out a copy of the 1.4 code and the result is the same.
> ./passwordmaker -f /home/carlo/work/release-1.4/passwordmaker.rdf -b
Master Password :
Master Password :
Use l33t :none
l33t level :0
Hash Algorithm :SHA256
URL :
Generated Password Length :8
Username :
Modifier :
Characters :ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789`~!@#$%^&*()_-+={}|[]\:";'<>?,./
Generated Password Prefix :
Generated Password Suffix :
BOL%\

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I try also with Fedora disto, but i found some problems with mHash library rpm (but i try only a few...).
If i can help you in other way, let me know.
Carlo