Package: recode
Version: 3.6-10
Severity: normal


"recode UTF-8..ISO-8859-1" is worse than 
"recode UTF-8...UTF-16 | recode UTF-16..ISO-8859-1"
When I use a file begining with:
:::::::: hexa:
ef bb bf 49 6d 70 6f 72 74 73 20 53 79 73 74 65
:::::::: in 8bits system, this is:
Imports System

recode "UTF-8..ISO-8859-1" #gives:
recode: Entrée invalide dans « UTF-8..ISO-8859-1 »

recode -f "UTF-8..ISO-8859-1" #gives
orts System

recode -f "UTF-8..UTF-16" | recode "UTF-16..ISO-8859-1" #gives
Imports System

The verison used by the tool is:
@chypre:./version17$ recode --version
Free recode 3.6
Écrit par François Pinard <...>.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
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Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-130105
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages recode depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  librecode0                  3.6-10       Shared library on which recode is 

recode recommends no packages.

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