[Bug 1026027] [NEW] `calendar` util doesn't like utf in files

[hamish]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

the `calendar` util doesn't like utf chars in files.

works fine on Debian.

(different) problems seen in Lucid and Precise.


on Lucid the 'calendar' program stops processing on calendar.birthday (the first real included file in /usr/share/calendar) when it gets to a line with the utf chars in it. Apparently it is not multi-byte safe.

by asciifying some entries I could get it mostly working. a few (but not
all) that needed de-utfing:

calendar.birthday:
12/18   Konrad Zuse died in H<C3><BC>nfeld, 1995

calendar.history:
09/13   58° C (136.4° F) measured at el Azizia, Libya, 1922

calendar.music
12/11   (Louis) Hector Berlioz born in La-Côte-Saint-André, 1803

after that it worked ok in Lucid.


also on lucid the /etc/calendar/default file is missing completely. copying it in from another version of ubuntu or debian makes the program return output. (without that it always returns nothing!)


In Precise it returns a number of hits, but also about a half dozen empty line entries.

$ calendar -A0
Jul 18  Brian Auger is born in London, 1939
Jul 18  Ty Cobb gets 4000th base hit, 1927
Jul 18  Constitution Day in Uruguay
Jul 18  Liberation Day in Nicaragua
Jul 18 
Jul 18 
Jul 18  Frigyes
Jul 18 


I didn't test the non-LTSs.


?,
Hamish

** Affects: bsdmainutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  `calendar` util doesn't like utf in files

Status in “bsdmainutils” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  the `calendar` util doesn't like utf chars in files.

  works fine on Debian.

  (different) problems seen in Lucid and Precise.

  
  on Lucid the 'calendar' program stops processing on calendar.birthday (the first real included file in /usr/share/calendar) when it gets to a line with the utf chars in it. Apparently it is not multi-byte safe.

  by asciifying some entries I could get it mostly working. a few (but
  not all) that needed de-utfing:

  calendar.birthday:
  12/18   Konrad Zuse died in H<C3><BC>nfeld, 1995

  calendar.history:
  09/13   58° C (136.4° F) measured at el Azizia, Libya, 1922

  calendar.music
  12/11   (Louis) Hector Berlioz born in La-Côte-Saint-André, 1803

  after that it worked ok in Lucid.

  
  also on lucid the /etc/calendar/default file is missing completely. copying it in from another version of ubuntu or debian makes the program return output. (without that it always returns nothing!)

  
  In Precise it returns a number of hits, but also about a half dozen empty line entries.

  $ calendar -A0
  Jul 18  Brian Auger is born in London, 1939
  Jul 18  Ty Cobb gets 4000th base hit, 1927
  Jul 18  Constitution Day in Uruguay
  Jul 18  Liberation Day in Nicaragua
  Jul 18 
  Jul 18 
  Jul 18  Frigyes
  Jul 18 

  
  I didn't test the non-LTSs.


  ?,
  Hamish

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