Description of problem: The RPM specification allows to specify localized strings, like Summary(ru_RU.UTF-8), %description -l ru_RU.UTF-8 and so on. However, when doing rpm -qi on such packages, the text is always output in whatever encoding they were in the spec file, without conversion to current locale. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm-4.4.2.2-7.fc8 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Get any .src.rpm and install it 2. Add a line to the spec file, like this: Summary(ru_RU.UTF-8): тест 3. Build and install the built rpm 4. run: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R rpm -qi <package name> Actual results: The Summary: line will display the summary in UTF-8 Expected results: The Summary: line should display the summary in KOI8-R, as requested by the LANG environment variable.
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