[DPKG] Fails to install package with UTF-8 filenames on any UTF-8 locale

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #346436 http://bugs.debian.org/346436

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Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:27:14 +0200
From: Konstantinos Margaritis <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: [DPKG] Fails to install package with UTF-8 filenames on any UTF-8 locale

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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.11.0.1
Severity: serious

I created a package to be used in Greek Debian-Edu/Skolelinux
installations, which includes many Greek (UTF-8) filenames, but dpkg fails
to install it on any UTF-8 locale I tried (el_GR, en_GB, en_US, pt_BR,
fr_FR).UTF-8. This was reproduced by others in #debian-devel channel.

When using a UTF-8 locale, dpkg falls into some kind of endless loop and
fails with a 'Cannot allocate memory' error (debug log of dpkg with when
run thus:

# dpkg -D7777 -i /home/markos/Debian/ancient-greek-literature/ancient-greek-literature_1.0-1_all.deb

is attached)

The package is located at:

http://people.debian.org/~markos/ancient-greek-literature/ancient-greek-literature_1.0-1_all.deb

(with accompanying sources)

Thanks

Konstantinos

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12
Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii coreutils [textutils] 5.2.1-2.1 The GNU core utilities
ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

dpkg recommends no packages.

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D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci'
Selecting previously deselected package ancient-greek-literature.
(Reading database ... 174755 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ancient-greek-literature (from .../ancient-greek-literature_1.0-1_all.deb) ...
D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed
D000002: maintainer_script_new nonexistent preinst `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst'
D000010: tarobject ti->Name=`.' Mode=755 owner=0.0 Type=53(d) ti->LinkName=`' namenode=`/.' flags=2 instead=`<none>'
D000100: setupvnamevbs main=`/.' tmp=`/..dpkg-tmp' new=`/..dpkg-new'
D000100: tarobject already exists
D000100: tarobject Directory exists
D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/..dpkg-new'
D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/..dpkg-tmp'
D000010: tarobject ti->Name=`./usr' Mode=755 owner=0.0 Type=53(d) ti->LinkName=`' namenode=`/usr' flags=2 instead=`<none>'
D000100: setupvnamevbs main=`/usr' tmp=`/usr.dpkg-tmp' new=`/usr.dpkg-new'
D000100: tarobject already exists
D000100: tarobject Directory exists
D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/usr.dpkg-new'
D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/usr.dpkg-tmp'
D000010: tarobject ti->Name=`./usr/bin' Mode=755 owner=0.0 Type=53(d) ti->LinkName=`' namenode=`/usr/bin' flags=2 instead=`<none>'...

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 07:34:45 +0100
From: Christian Perrier <email address hidden>
To: Konstantinos Margaritis <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#346436: [DPKG] Fails to install package with UTF-8 filenames on any UTF-8 locale

> When using a UTF-8 locale, dpkg falls into some kind of endless loop and
> fails with a 'Cannot allocate memory' error (debug log of dpkg with when
> run thus:

If the problem "only" happens with a package containing UTF-8
filenames, I'm not sure this deserves a serious severity but rather
"important".

Of course, I'm not minimizing the problem

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 11:52:16 +0200
From: Konstantinos Margaritis <email address hidden>
To: Christian Perrier <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#346436: [DPKG] Fails to install package with UTF-8 filenames on any UTF-8 locale

severity important 346436
thanks

On =CE=9A=CF=85=CF=81=CE=B9=CE=B1=CE=BA=CE=AE 08 =CE=99=CE=B1=CE=BD=CE=BF=
=CF=85=CE=AC=CF=81=CE=B9=CE=BF=CF=82 2006 08:34, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > When using a UTF-8 locale, dpkg falls into some kind of endless
> > loop and fails with a 'Cannot allocate memory' error (debug log
> > of dpkg with when run thus:
>
> If the problem "only" happens with a package containing UTF-8
> filenames, I'm not sure this deserves a serious severity but rather
> "important".

Hm, you're right, I somehow pressed '3' instead of '4' in=20
reportbug :-)

>
> Of course, I'm not minimizing the problem

I believe it would appear sooner or later anyway, regardless of the=20
particular problem with my package. With UTF-8 gaining acceptance and=20
being the default in etch, it's only a matter of time before other=20
packages with more localized elements and UTF-8 filenames appearing.=20
Let's say I acted as a lightning rod :-)

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 12:09:29 +0200
From: Konstantinos Margaritis <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#346436: [DPKG] Fails to install package with UTF-8 filenames on any UTF-8 locale

severity 346436 important
thanks

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