[Xmltv-devel] Re: malformed UTF-8

[Cedar M. <ced...@ma...>]

>


> Hmm, can you try this experiment for me.  In the xmltv source tree
> open grab/na/tv_grab_na in a text editor and look for the line
> containing 'use Date::Manip;'.  Change this line to read
>
> BEGIN { $ENV{LANG} = 'C' } use Date::Manip;
>
> That changes the language before loading the module.  It might work
> but I have a feeling it probably won't.  Try it though.
>
>


I'll get to this, hopefully sometime soon.


I thought I would update you on an interesting development. I had to 
reinstall red hat 8 on my machine for unrelated reasons (trying to get 
it to dual boot and switching some hard drives around). So when I 
recompiled xmltv I used 'env LANG=C' during the 'perl Makefile.PL step 
because that step also spits out UTF-8 complaints. So I compiled and 
installed, then tv_grab_na started hanging exactly the same way as 
before, but even when I used 'env LANG=C tv_grab_na > test.xml'  So I 
recompiled, but this time without 'env LANG=C'  and now when I do  'env 
LANG=C tv_grab_na > test.xml' it seems to work fine! It is like two 
negatives make a positive or something. The experiment I didn't try was 
to use the version compiled with 'env LANG=C' but try to see if the 
program hangs when I use tv_grab_na without the 'env LANG=C'  Anyway, 
it all works now. Hopefully I'll get around to testing out your fix.


ahh, a question: How do I compile, install and test your cvs version 
without blowing away my version that works right now?


best,

Cedar