Hi, Can someone please comment on this patch and maybe apply it?
We're now in a state where all control files are in UTF-8. Kurt On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 08:34:06PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.7.9 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > It seems that currently apt does not convert the Packages or Sources > file to the codeset from the terminal. This is probably because there > never was and still isn't a requirement that the debian/control > file is written in a certain encoding. However most packages > do have their control file written so that they're compatible with UTF-8. > Apt also currently already converts the long description from UTF-8 > to the current codeset. > > It seems there currently are 11 packages that aren't compatible with > UTF-8: > http://lintian.debian.org/reports/Tdebian-control-file-uses-obsolete-national-encoding.html > > There is also a release goad that tries to get rid of those, see > bug #453954. > > I've attached a patch that tries to convert it from utf-8 to the > currently selected codeset, and return the original string if it fails. > > One effect this change has is that descriptions for any of those packages > now show up fully instead of being truncated at the first char that > isn't UTF-8. > > I might not have written a patch that's does the changes at the right > place because I'm not familiar with the code. But the changes work for > me. > > > Kurt > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
