Package: barcode Version: 0.99-3 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer,
barcode does not correctly encode XML characters in svg output mode (-S), leading at least to broken SVG documents. The plain text of the barcode is embedded three times into the SVG document: Twice in a comment before and after the actual barcode, once in a character-by-character fashion to show the contents of the barcode. When creating a "128" barcode of the character "<", this breaks the SVG file in the character-by-character display: $ barcode -S -e 128 -b "<" <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; version="1.1" width="66pt" height="100pt"> <rect x="0pt" y="0pt" width="66pt" height="100pt" style="fill:#ffffff;fill-opacity:1" /> <!-- Printing barcode for "<", scaled 1.00, encoded using "code 128" --> <!-- The space/bar succession is represented by the following widths (space first): 02112143221123222112331112 --> [...] <text x="21.000000pt" y="90.000000pt" fill="black" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12pt"><</text> <!-- End barcode for "<" --> </svg> Similarly, it is possible to break out of the comments: $ barcode -S -e 128 -b "\"--><text>123</text>"
