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Re: [PATCH] gitweb: use decode_utf8 directly

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IDIsmail Dönmez <ismail@pardus.org.tr>
Date
Jun 1, 2007, 20:08 UTC
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<200706012308.41335.ismail@pardus.org.tr>
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On Friday 01 June 2007 23:00:31 you wrote:
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> Ismail Dönmez <ismail@pardus.org.tr> writes:
> > On Friday 01 June 2007 22:44:36 Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> Alexandre Julliard <julliard@winehq.org> writes:
> >> > Sorry for the late nack, but it turns out that this patch breaks diff
> >> > output on the Wine server for files that are not utf-8.
> >> >
> >> > The cause is apparently that decode_utf8() returns undef for invalid
> >> > sequences instead of substituting a replacement char like
> >> > decode("utf8") does.
> >>
> >> Thanks for noticing.  Will revert.
> >
> > Why are reverting a correct bugfix? :( He's at most using outdated
> > software. *sigh*
>
> I would assume that on top of a revert, with an additional
>
> 	return $str if is_utf8($str);
>
> to to_utf8() you should be able to fix both installations that
> has old or new Encode.pm?
I can try the patch if you can send me what you propose. 
/ismail
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  1. gitweb: use decode_utf8 directlyIsmail Dönmez, Apr 24, 2007
  2. Ismail DönmezApr 27, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2007
  4. Ismail DönmezApr 27, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2007
  6. Ismail DönmezMay 1, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2007
  8. Ismail DönmezMay 1, 2007
  9. Ismail DönmezMay 1, 2007
  10. Ismail DönmezMay 3, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2007
  12. Alexandre JulliardJun 1, 2007
  13. Ismail DönmezJun 1, 2007
  14. Alexandre JulliardJun 1, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2007
  16. Ismail DönmezJun 1, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2007
  18. Ismail DönmezJun 1, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2007
  20. Ismail DönmezJun 3, 2007
  21. Jakub NarebskiJun 2, 2007

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