Bug 2021638

Summary:	dosfstools: recommends dependency on glibc-gconv-extra since F35
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	fedora.dm0
Component:	dosfstools	Assignee:	Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	jskarvad, kasal
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Description fedora.dm0 2021-11-09 19:45:25 UTC

Description of problem:
Fedora 35 has a new subpackage glibc-gconv-extra which now contains support for code page 850, the default DOS character set.  The mkfs.vfat command prints warnings about falling back to a builtin implementation without it.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dosfstools-4.2-2.fc35.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. truncate --size=272629760 esp.img
2. mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n EFI-SYSTEM esp.img

Actual results:
The command succeeds, but it writes scary warnings:
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
Cannot initialize conversion from codepage 850 to ANSI_X3.4-1968: Invalid argument
Cannot initialize conversion from ANSI_X3.4-1968 to codepage 850: Invalid argument
Using internal CP850 conversion table

Expected results:
It should work without warnings as in F34.

Additional info:
It works as expected after "dnf -y install glibc-gconv-extra".  This isn't breaking, so maybe a soft dependency is good enough.

Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2022-11-29 17:17:01 UTC

This message is a reminder that Fedora Linux 35 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 35 on 2022-12-13.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a
'version' of '35'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
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to a later Fedora Linux version.

Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not 
able to fix it before Fedora Linux 35 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
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prior to this bug being closed.

Comment 2 fedora.dm0 2022-11-30 15:51:03 UTC

This is still an issue, setting the version back to rawhide.

Comment 3 Jaroslav Škarvada 2022-12-15 12:31:01 UTC

Thanks for info, I will add it.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2022-12-15 12:50:43 UTC

FEDORA-2022-2490a80c0d has been submitted as an update to Fedora 38. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-2490a80c0d

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2022-12-15 12:56:19 UTC

FEDORA-2022-2490a80c0d has been pushed to the Fedora 38 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.