Package: libpurple0
Version: 2.3.1-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
During server-side buddylist import over OSCAR, libpurple converts all
group names from the local encoding (CP1250 in my case) to UTF-8.
However, all ICQ clients - Pidgin included! - save those names in UTF-8.
I am sending a patch that changes the behavior to first check if the
group name is valid UTF-8; use it if it is, and convert it if it is not.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=cs_CZ.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libpurple0 depends on:
ii libavahi-client3 0.6.22-2 Avahi client library
ii libavahi-common3 0.6.22-2 Avahi common library
ii libavahi-glib1 0.6.22-2 Avahi glib integration library
ii libc6 2.7-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdbus-1-3 1.1.4-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.74-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgadu3 1:1.7~rc2-2 Gadu-Gadu protocol library - runti
ii libglib2.0-0 2.14.6-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libmeanwhile1 1.0.2-3 open implementation of the Lotus S
ii libnspr4-0d 4.7.0~1.9b1-2 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii libnss3-1d 3.12.0~1.9b1-2 Network Security Service libraries
ii libperl5.8 5.8.8-12 Shared Perl library
ii libsasl2-2 2.1.22.dfsg1-18 Cyrus SASL - authentication abstra
ii libsasl2-modules 2.1.22.dfsg1-18 Cyrus SASL - pluggable authenticat
ii libsilc-1.1-2 1.1.5-1 SILC library (silc-toolkit)
ii libxml2 2.6.31.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii libzephyr3 2.1.20070719.SNAPSHOT-1 The original "Instant Message" sys
ii pidgin-data 2.3.1-2 multi-protocol instant messaging c
Versions of packages libpurple0 recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20070303-0.1 Common CA certificates
ii libpurple-bin 2.3.1-2 multi-protocol instant messaging l
-- debconf-show failed
--- libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.c.orig 2007-12-07 15:37:08.000000000 +0100
+++ libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.c 2008-01-12 17:30:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -4940,10 +4940,15 @@
if (curitem->name) {
struct aim_ssi_item *groupitem = aim_ssi_itemlist_find(od->ssi.local, curitem->gid, 0x0000);
char *gname = groupitem ? groupitem->name : NULL;
- char *gname_utf8 = gname ? oscar_utf8_try_convert(gc->account, gname) : NULL;
+ char *gname_utf8 = NULL;
char *alias = aim_ssi_getalias(od->ssi.local, gname, curitem->name);
char *alias_utf8;
+ if (gname && g_utf8_validate(gname, -1, NULL))
+ gname_utf8 = g_strdup(gname);
+ else if (gname)
+ gname_utf8 = oscar_utf8_try_convert(gc->account, gname);
+
g = purple_find_group(gname_utf8 ? gname_utf8 : _("Orphans"));
if (g == NULL) {
g = purple_group_new(gname_utf8 ? gname_utf8 : _("Orphans"));
@@ -4998,7 +5003,11 @@
case 0x0001: { /* Group */
char *gname = curitem->name;
- char *gname_utf8 = gname ? oscar_utf8_try_convert(gc->account, gname) : NULL;
+ char *gname_utf8 = NULL;
+ if (gname && g_utf8_validate(gname, -1, NULL))
+ gname_utf8 = g_strdup(gname);
+ else if (gname)
+ gname_utf8 = oscar_utf8_try_convert(gc->account, gname);
if (gname_utf8 != NULL && purple_find_group(gname_utf8) == NULL) {
g = purple_group_new(gname_utf8);
purple_blist_add_group(g, NULL);
