#609: ghc-pkg dump encoding ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: unknown Ghcversion: | Platform: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by guest): GHC now always uses UTF-8 for the output of `ghc-pkg dump`, and the input to `ghc-pkg register` and `ghc-pkg update`. {{{ Wed Nov 25 06:17:30 PST 2009 Simon Marlow <marlowsd@gmail.com> * Use UTF-8 explicitly for InstalledPackageInfo So ghc-pkg register/update takes input in UTF-8, and ghc-pkg dump outputs in UTF-8. Textual package config files in the package DB are assumed to be in UTF-8. M ./utils/ghc-pkg/Main.hs -7 +26 }}} This patch will be merged into 6.12.1. Also the double-free error reported above is fixed. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/609#comment:5> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects