On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:01:06AM -0700, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 09:14:30PM -0700, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > > While it was a good guess, I don't think this is an aptitude bug. > > I've tracked down the problem. apt recodes Descriptions to the local > codeset when client code invokes LongDesc(). However, it just tries to > use one iconv() call to perform the conversion. This is a problem if > there are characters in the string that can't be translated. > > I suggest something like the attached patch, which imports the
btw, since I forgot to mention this explicitly -- if this looks ok with Michael and Otavio I'm happy to commit it. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
