[Bug 2114827] [NEW] 'od' invalid handling of non ascii chars

[Sebastien Bacher]

Public bug reported:

The groff build is failing with the rust coreutils
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/798977884/buildlog_ubuntu-questing-amd64.groff_1.23.0-9_BUILDING.txt.gz

It seems to be due to 'od' incorrectly handling non-ascii chars

$ od --version
od (GNU coreutils) 9.5

$ echo '’' | LC_ALL=C od -t c
0000000 342 200 231  \n
0000004

vs

$ od --version
od 0.0.30

$echo '’' | LC_ALL=C od -t c
0000000   ’  **  **  \n
0000004


I've reported the problem also upstream

** Affects: coreutils
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: coreutils-from (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: groff (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: ftbfs

** Also affects: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: coreutils-from (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Summary changed:

- Build failing with the rust coreutils
+ 'od' invalid handling of non ascii chars

** Bug watch added: github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues #8202
   https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8202

** Also affects: coreutils via
   https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8202
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to coreutils-from in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2114827

Title:
  'od' invalid handling of non ascii chars

Status in coreutils:
  Unknown
Status in coreutils-from package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in groff package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The groff build is failing with the rust coreutils
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/798977884/buildlog_ubuntu-questing-amd64.groff_1.23.0-9_BUILDING.txt.gz

  It seems to be due to 'od' incorrectly handling non-ascii chars

  $ od --version
  od (GNU coreutils) 9.5

  $ echo '’' | LC_ALL=C od -t c
  0000000 342 200 231  \n
  0000004

  vs

  $ od --version
  od 0.0.30

  $echo '’' | LC_ALL=C od -t c
  0000000   ’  **  **  \n
  0000004

  
  I've reported the problem also upstream

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/coreutils/+bug/2114827/+subscriptions