Ubuntu
apt-listchanges package

mangled non-ASCII in changes list

Bug #48580 reported by Dave Love
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apt-listchanges (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
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Bug Description

[This is with Dapper.]

I have apt-listchanges installed. When the
changes are listed in synaptic, non-ASCII
characters in the (utf-8-encoded) changelog
are mangled. They look to be interpreted
as Latin-1. My locale is en_GB.UTF-8, but that
shouldn't matter.

The display is correct when the listing comes
from apt-get in a terminal window.

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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

Could you please provide a screenshot? Which dialog do you refer to? There are actually two: one that can be found in the package menu of synaptic and another one provided by apt-listchanges that is shown before installing new packages.

Thanks,

Sebastian

Changed in synaptic:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Dave Love (fx-gnu) wrote :

Sebastian Heinlein <email address hidden> writes:

> Could you please provide a screenshot?

I'll try to later, but I doubt it will help much -- you'll just see a
name which is displayed the same as if it was decoded as latin-1. (I
detest having to do this via the web...)

> Which dialog do you refer to?
> There are actually two: one that can be found in the package menu of
> synaptic and another one provided by apt-listchanges that is shown
> before installing new packages.

Oh, sorry. It's the second one. I'm not sure what you mean by the
first one, actually.

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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

So this is a bug of apt-listchanges.

Select a package and choose form the menu: Package->Download change log

Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in apt-listchanges:
importance: Medium → Wishlist
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Kenyon Ralph (kralph) wrote :

There is a screenshot in duplicate bug #48580.

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Kenyon Ralph (kralph) wrote :

Sorry, the screenshot is in Bug #519631.

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