Please include charset translation feature to midnight commander. It allows to view documents typed in different charsets by pressing <Ctrl-T> in internal viewer. This feature is very helpful for russian and ukrainian people. No patch is required. Just configure option. Diff to spec:
--- mc.spec.9 Sun May 5 14:05:40 2002 +++ mc.spec.9.1 Sun May 5 14:14:40 2002 @@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ --with-included-slang \ --enable-mcserv-install \ --enable-largefile \ + --enable-charset \ %if %enable_gmc --with-gnome %endif @@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ %_libdir/mc/cedit.menu %_libdir/mc/edit.indent.rc %_libdir/mc/edit.spell.rc +%{_libdir}/mc/mc.charsets %{_libdir}/mc/mc.ext %{_libdir}/mc/mc.hint %_libdir/mc/mc.hint.cs