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bug#33053: scm_i_mirror_backslashes assumes ASCII-compatible locale enco
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Mark H Weaver |
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bug#33053: scm_i_mirror_backslashes assumes ASCII-compatible locale encoding |
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Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:06:53 -0400 |
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Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
> The 'scm_i_mirror_backslashes' in load.c operates on C strings in the
> locale encoding, and assumes that the locale encoding is ASCII
> compatible. In the Shift_JIS encoding, used in the "JP_jp.sjis" locale,
> backslash '\' is mapped to a multibyte character, and the Yen sign '¥'
> is represented using code 0x5C, the same code as backslash '\' in ASCII.
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> As a result, users of the "JP_jp.sjis" locale will have Yen signs '¥' in
> their file names converted into slashes by this function.
I miswrote the locale name above. The locale name is "ja_JP.sjis".
Mark