+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1591268 +++
Converting files or characters using iconv (or the iconv library) result in
an "illegal input sequence" error when encountering an "overscore" character
(IS08859-1: Hex "AF"). This happens tough there is a corresponding character
is available in IBM273 (Hex: "BC"). Converting to IBM1141, which is the same
table as IBM273 except for the EURO-Sign works.
You can reproduce this behavior with the following command:
echo "AF" | xxd -r -p | iconv -f iso8859-1 -t ibm273
In contrast:
echo "AF" | xxd -r -p | iconv -f iso8859-1 -t ibm1141
works.
Using ibm273//TRANSLIT is not an option currently, as it would require a
lot of changes in the user code, and would just not throw an error, but
replace the "overscore" with an "o".
This problem happens in rhel7 and fedora 28.
Comment 1Fedora Update System
2018-06-20 16:59:26 UTC