On Wednesday 17 December 2003 19:10, Derick Rethans wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Jakub Vrana wrote: > > vrana Wed Dec 17 11:35:45 2003 EDT > > > > Modified files: > > /phpdoc/en/reference/recode reference.xml > > Log: > > Version 3.6, warning with reference to bugs 17154 and 19776 > > From what I know is that 3.5 works just fine, bug 3.6 is buggy (trailing > garbage for example). So please add *that* to the manual instead of this > bogus requirement. > > Derick
If the following patch suit our needs, I will commit. Friedhelm =================================================================== RCS file: /repository/phpdoc/en/reference/recode/reference.xml,v retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -r1.8 reference.xml --- reference.xml 17 Dec 2003 16:35:45 -0000 1.8 +++ reference.xml 18 Dec 2003 23:17:46 -0000 @@ -8,33 +8,33 @@ <section id="recode.intro"> &reftitle.intro; <para> - This module contains an interface to the GNU Recode library, - version 3.6. The GNU Recode library converts files between various coded - character sets and surface encodings. When this cannot be - achieved exactly, it may get rid of the offending characters or - fall back on approximations. The library recognises or produces - nearly 150 different character sets and is able to convert files - between almost any pair. - Most <ulink url="&url.rfc;1345">RFC 1345</ulink> character sets - are supported. + This module contains an interface to the GNU Recode library. The GNU + Recode library converts files between various coded character sets and + surface encodings. When this cannot be achieved exactly, it may get rid + of the offending characters or fall back on approximations. The library + recognises or produces nearly 150 different character sets and is able to + convert files between almost any pair. Most + <ulink url="&url.rfc;1345">RFC 1345</ulink> character sets are + supported. </para> ¬e.no-windows.extension; - <warning> - <para> - Recode library adds weird characters behind converted strings under - certain circumstances. Thus it's safer to use - <link linkend="ref.iconv">iconv</link> or - <link linkend="ref.mbstring">mbstring</link> extension. - </para> - </warning> </section> <section id="recode.requirements"> &reftitle.required; <para> - You must have GNU Recode 3.6 or higher installed on your system. + You must have GNU Recode 3.5 or higher installed on your system. You can download the package from <ulink url="&url.recode;">here</ulink>. </para> + <warning> + <para> + The Recode library version 3.6 adds weird characters behind converted + strings under certain circumstances. Thus it's safer to use Recode v3.5 + or one of the available alternatives like the + <link linkend="ref.iconv">iconv</link> or + <link linkend="ref.mbstring">mbstring</link> extension. + </para> + </warning> </section>