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Re: [Bug-wget] the libidn problem
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Giuseppe Scrivano |
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Re: [Bug-wget] the libidn problem |
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Thu, 02 Jul 2015 13:43:37 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Daniel Stenberg <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ander Juaristi wrote:
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>> the library user (me, us, in this case) doesn't have to know
>> anything about UTF-8, so we should rely on the library for
>> everything UTF-8-related.
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> I fully agree with this and I will stand by this rule. That's why I
> sent the "security notice" pointing out this problem without actually
> providing any fix, since the fix is for the libidn team (and really,
> the distros) to apply and ship.
This is the reply I got:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2015-07/msg00000.html
I don't like much the "You need to pass valid UTF-8 to libidn" in there.
Regards,
Giuseppe