Package: sysklogd Version: 1.4.1-17 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi,
When a program using a UTF-8 locale logs a UTF-8 string using syslog(3), syslog mangles the string. For example: Jun 23 21:34:24 hardknott schroot[10687]: [sid chroot] rleigh\uffff\206\222rleigh Running login shell: /bin/bash [sid chroot] rleigh→rleigh Running login shell: /bin/bash I did expect the string to be passed through unscathed. This has also been reported (with a patch) here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89292 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-335.html Regards, Roger -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages sysklogd depends on: ii klogd [linux-kernel-log-dae 1.4.1-17 Kernel Logging Daemon ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an sysklogd recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
