[MERGE][1.13][#339055][#272444] Non ascii symlink target and related warnings

[Vincent Ladeuil]

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Clemente <dcl441-bugs at yahoo.com> writes:

    Daniel> El dt, mar 10 2009, Vincent Ladeuil va escriure:
    >> The attached should fix quite a few problems around non ASCII
    Daniel> symlink
    >> targets.

    Daniel>   This patch works on my system (Ubuntu GNU/Linux, Python 2.5.2,
    Daniel> UTF-8 locale); I have succeeded in using it to import a Git
    Daniel> repository where I have many links like that.

Thanks for the feedback !

    Daniel>   Therefore this one supersedes the patch I sent earlier.

Can you mark it as superseded in BB then ?

    >> 
    >> But given the horrors I encountered during its conception, 
    >> ...
    Daniel>   So I was not the only one :-)

Most of the problems were to make the bug reveal itself as it has a
furious tendency to stay hidden :-) Then came the understanding that
os.readlink in python-2.5 has at least two bugs (regarding the way bzr
intends to use it at least)...

    Daniel>   Thanks for the fix (this bug was blocking Bazaar usage for me).

I'm very happy to hear that :)

And thanks for your earlier work on the subject, it helps me a lot.

    Vincent