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Re: [PATCH] gitweb: use decode_utf8 directly

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 2, 2007, 08:22 UTC
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<200706021022.31812.jnareb@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Alexandre Julliard wrote:
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> The cause is apparently that decode_utf8() returns undef for invalid
> sequences instead of substituting a replacement char like
> decode("utf8") does.
> 
> That may be considered an Encode bug since we are running a fairly old
> version (1.99, coming with Debian 3.1), but I'd rather not upgrade
> perl on the server. Could the patch be reverted, or done differently?

Could you put modern (without this decode_utf8 bug) version of Encode.pm in the directory with gitweb.cgi, so gitweb uses new local version and not the one that is installed system-wide?

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
Previous: Ismail Dönmez
Message 21 of 21 in “gitweb: use decode_utf8 directly”
  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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