Re: A Patch for MIC to EUC_TW code converting in mb support

Tatsuo, I assume these are all done in 7.1, right?

> > ============================================================================
> >
> > POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT: MIC to EUC_TW code converting in mb support
> > ============================================================================
> >
> > System Configuration
> > ---------------------
> >   Architecture (example: Intel Pentium)         :x86
> >   Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF)  :Linux 2.2.x and FreeBSD
> > 3.5R
> >   PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-7.0)  :PostgreSQL-7.0.2
> >   Compiler used (example:  gcc 2.8.0)           :egcs-2.91.66, gcc 2.7.3
> >
> > A FULL description of the problem:
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > In PostgreSQL mb (multi-byte) support, there is a bug in code converting
> >
> > for MIC to EUC_TW. Original mic2euc_tw() in conv.c converts CNS
> > 11643-1992
> > Plane 2 into 2 bytes EUC_TW encoding. But characters in CNS 11643-1992
> > Plane 2
> > should be converted into 4 bytes EUC_TW encoding instead.
> >
> > A way to repeat the problem:
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > When you initdb with -E EUC_TW and set PGCLIENTENCODING to BIG5,
> > you will find all the characters in CNS 11643-1992 Plane 2 are
> > incorrectly stored or output.
> >
> > This problem might be fixed by the solution in the attachement.
>
> Thanks for pointing it out. Your fix seems correct.
>
> BTW I have found another bug with EUC_TW support. line 917 in conv.c:
>
>             *p++ = c1 - LC_CNS11643_3 + 0xa3;
>
> this should be:
>
>             *p++ = *mic++ - LC_CNS11643_3 + 0xa3;
>
> Otherwise, CNS 11643-1992 Plane 3 or more won't work. Could you test
> it out with CNS 11643-1992 Plane 3 or more?
>
> If they are ok, I will fix the current source and make a patch for
> 7.0.3 (I guess it's too late to back-patch the 7.0 tree).
> --
> Tatsuo Ishii
>


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