Bug 13517

Summary:	iconv generates spurious warnings even though //IGNORE is set
Product:	glibc	Reporter:	Edward Z. Yang <ezyang>
Component:	libc	Assignee:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	Flags:	fweimer: security-
Priority:	P2
Version:	2.14
Target Milestone:	---
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Build:		Last reconfirmed:

Description Edward Z. Yang 2011-12-18 22:33:31 UTC

iconv generates spurious warnings when unconvertible sequences are encountered while IGNORE is enabled.

Expected behavior (from libiconv-1.14):

ezyang@javelin:~/Dev/glibc/build$ printf "\xc3\xbc\x73" |  ~/Desktop/libiconv-1.14/src/iconv_no_i18n -f utf-8 -t ascii//IGNORE
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Actual behavior (from latest Git glibc-2.14-567-ga4647e7):

ezyang@javelin:~/Dev/glibc/build$ printf "\xc3\xbc\x73" | ./testrun.sh iconv/iconv_prog -f utf-8 -t ascii//IGNORE 
siconv/iconv_prog: illegal input sequence at position 5

Comment 1 Ulrich Drepper 2011-12-22 23:44:10 UTC

You have to use the -c option for iconv and not //IGNORE.