Fix python proxy to not crash when fed unicode data in getstate and setstate.

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / Checksum_errors_on_the_pristine-tar_branch.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/Checksum_errors_on_the_pristine-tar_branch.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Checksum_errors_on_the_pristine-tar_branch.mdwn
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--- a/doc/bugs/Checksum_errors_on_the_pristine-tar_branch.mdwn
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@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ The operation fails on these files with a "Checksum validation failed" error fro
 >> sunny256's failure cases might just result from the older tar and pristine-tar
 >> on Ubuntu 10.04? --[[smcv]]
 
+>>> Yes, I can reproduce the same failures sunny256 saw using Debian oldstable. Once I
+>>> upgrade pristine-tar and tar, it goes away, so I think it is the 100
+>>> byte filename bug affecting those.
+>>>
+>>> As to the ones we all see fail, I dunno what it is, but probably
+>>> has to do with some kind of historical issue in the versions of
+>>> pristine-tar/tar used to create them. We may never know what went wrong
+>>> there. --[[Joey]] [[done]]
+
 A complete output of the "pristine-tar checkout" of all files is stored on <https://gist.github.com/836720> .
 
 For now, I'll download the `.tar.gz` from <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki>, or maybe install `ikiwiki_3.20110124_all.deb`. Would you recommend using that `.deb` file on Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS, or is it Debian-specific? -- [[sunny256]] 2011-02-21 08:42+0100
@@ -86,3 +95,18 @@ For now, I'll download the `.tar.gz` from <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/s
 > generally been able to compile snapshots on Debian unstable and
 > install them onto Debian lenny (older than that Ubuntu release)
 > without modification. If in doubt, build it from source. --[[smcv]]
+
+> > The .deb file `ikiwiki_3.20110124_all.deb` from Debian unstable seems to 
+> > work great. I'm now the happy user of the newest stable version, yay. There 
+> > were some errors or warnings, though. This is the first one:
+
+> > > `You are overwriting a locally defined method (finished) with an accessor 
+> > > at /usr/lib/perl5/Moose/Meta/Attribute.pm line 570`
+
+> > Along with loads of other suspicious stuff. Have posted the whole output at 
+> > <https://gist.github.com/842789>. I'll dig around a bit in the source to 
+> > see if there's something I need to worry about. It looks good so far.
+> > --&nbsp;[[sunny256]]&nbsp;<small>2011-02-24&nbsp;20:27Z</small>
+
+> > > Looks like a bug in [[!cpan Net::Amazon::S3::Client::Bucket]] or in something
+> > > it uses, rather than in ikiwiki itself. --[[smcv]]