[Bug 461354] Re: finger doesn't support utf8 characters

[Dweia]

Bug still present in Ubuntu 14.04 - a working patch to the bug was
already made in 2005 though:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=174352
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=122281

(The only line that needs to be corrected is the position of the #include <locale.h>)
(See attachment for patch that works in Ubuntu)

** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #174352
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=174352

** Patch added: "Patch to display UTF-8 characters correctly"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsd-finger/+bug/461354/+attachment/4219323/+files/widechar.patch

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Title:
  finger doesn't support utf8 characters

Status in “bsd-finger” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I don't know if anyone will ever find the time to update finger to support utf8, but I think a bug should be filed nonetheless..
  Ubuntu version: Karmic RC.

  alkisg at alkis:~$ getent passwd alkisg
  alkisg:x:1010:1010:Άλκης Γεωργόπουλος,,,:/home/alkisg:/bin/bash

  alkisg at alkis:~$ finger
  Login    Name                    Tty      Idle  Login Time   Office     Office Phone
  alkisg   �M-^Fλκη�M-^B �M-^Sε�M-^I�M-^Aγ�  tty7     2:14  Oct 26 16:45 (:0)

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