FS#15297 - [recode] produces zero output

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by jozef riha (jose1711) - Sunday, 28 June 2009, 16:31 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Saturday, 03 July 2010, 16:16 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Kevin Piche (kpiche)
Architecture i686
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
the following command produces zero (null) output:

echo $'\304\214ajakova' | recode -f utf-8..flat

Expected output:

Cajakova

Additional info:
* Free recode 3.6

Steps to reproduce:

1. install extra/recode
2. run the command above
3. compare with the same command run on a debian system

Note:
this could be related to http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15293 but changing LC_CTYPE does not solve the problem
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Saturday, 03 July 2010, 16:16 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  3.6-5
Comment by Laszlo Papp (djszapi) - Sunday, 06 December 2009, 19:30 GMT
The problem exists after 6 months too with recode-3.6-3
Comment by jozef riha (jose1711) - Wednesday, 03 March 2010, 17:55 GMT
reproduced on a different machine (i686) running arch linux
Comment by F. Bogo the III. (fogobogo) - Saturday, 10 April 2010, 10:42 GMT
seems to me that: echo $'\304\214ajakova' | recode utf-8 works. possible syntax change?
Comment by jozef riha (jose1711) - Saturday, 10 April 2010, 11:49 GMT
@fogobogo: this does not solve the problem. i want the output to be Cajakova - so Č becomes C.

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