Looking at the Debian tracker it seems like someone else had already provide the patch there, unfortunately due to the fact that the html2text package is now orphaned he hadn't been accepted. I'm adding the bug watch
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #593453 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=593453 ** Also affects: html2text (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=593453 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586279 Title: Wrong conversion of ä in HTML To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/html2text/+bug/586279/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs