Comment 5 for bug 20805

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > (In reply to comment #1)
> > > This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 7427.
> >
> > Colin, I think the problem isn't in passwd. When I say "real username", I want
> > to say "full name". Your full name is "Colin Watson", but your username is (say)
> > "cjwatson".
> >
> > The problem appears when the user type an accented vocal in the full name, when
> > the installer ask him for it (for example, my fullname is "Ricardo Pérez López",
> > with accented vocals, and my username is "ricardo"). That is why I put
> > "debian-installer" in the bugreport's "Package" field.
>
> The passwd package's config script is used by the installer to display these
> questions. 'debian-installer' is generally just a catch-all until somebody like
> me who knows the installer can assign the bug to the correct installer component.
>
> > I think bug #7427 talks about accented vocals in the "username", not in the "full
> > name". I think we're talking about two different problems.
>
> Bug #7427 talks about both, and in my opinion it is essentially the same
> fundamental issue; my investigations suggest that there may be a problem with
> UTF-8 input in the installer's newt frontend, although the exact source of the
> problem remains somewhat unclear and difficult to track down precisely.
>
> With respect, I will mark this bug as a duplicate again. I do think that the
> issue is essentially the same.

Ok, no problem. Sorry about my null knowledge about the installation stuff (I
only want to help ;)).

Thanks,

Ricardo.