[Bug 23046] Re: mkisofs aborts on malformed joliet filenames

[Thomas Hotz]

** Changed in: cdrkit (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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Title:
  mkisofs aborts on malformed joliet filenames

Status in “cdrkit” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “cdrkit” package in Baltix:
  New

Bug description:
  If mkisofs is invoked with Joliet-generating options and finds an invalid UTF-8
  filename it aborts. That wouldn't be that bad, if not for the fact that it
  aborts once the image generation has begun. Thus, any program using mkisofs as a
  backend and writing on the fly (k3b and growisofs come to mind) is in danger of
  wasting a CD or DVD if any of these files is hidden on the written tree. A more
  graceful exit for mkisofs would certainly be welcome - for instance, replacing
  the offending character with another one, or aborting before having written any
  part of the image. I think that this behaviour is not found on the base
  cdrtools, but in a so-called 'iconv patch' which is included in the Ubuntu version.

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