Bug#457489: apt: Convert Packages/Source file from utf-8 to codeset.
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
>
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