Comment 3 for bug 28163

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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 :-)