Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH v2] python: Fix UnicodeError in inspect_list_applications2() (RHBZ#1684004)

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 3:38 PM Sam Eiderman <sameid(a)google.com&gt; wrote: > > The python3 bindings create unicode objects from application strings > on the guest (i.e. installed rpm, deb packages). > It is documented that rpm package fields such as description should be > utf8 encoded - however in some cases they are not a valid unicode > string, So what are they? latin1 maybe? Maybe use: try: value.decode("utf-8") except UnicodeDecodeError: value.decode("latin1") This will always succeed, producing possibly garbage output but so is errors='replace'. > on SLES11 SP4 the following packages fail to be converted to > unicode using guestfs_int_py_fromstring() (which invokes > PyUnicode_FromString()): > > PackageKit > aaa_base > coreutils > dejavu > desktop-data-SLED > gnome-utils > hunspell > hunspell-32bit > hunspell-tools > libblocxx6 > libexif > libgphoto2 > libgtksourceview-2_0-0 > libmpfr1 > libopensc2 > libopensc2-32bit > liborc-0_4-0 > libpackagekit-glib10 > libpixman-1-0 > libpixman-1-0-32bit > libpoppler-glib4 > libpoppler5 > libsensors3 > libtelepathy-glib0 > m4 > opensc > opensc-32bit > permissions > pinentry > poppler-tools > python-gtksourceview > splashy > syslog-ng > tar > tightvnc > xorg-x11 > xorg-x11-xauth > yast2-mouse > > Fix this by globally changing guestfs_int_py_fromstring() > and guestfs_int_py_fromstringsize() to decode utf-8 with the "replace" > error handler: > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#error-handlers > > For example, this will decode PackageKit's description on SLES4 the > following way: > > Backend: pisi > S.�a&#287;lar Onur <caglar(a)pardus.org.tr&gt; What is the original text? Nir > Signed-off-by: Sam Eiderman <sameid(a)google.com&gt; > --- > python/handle.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/python/handle.c b/python/handle.c > index 2fb8c18f0..427424707 100644 > --- a/python/handle.c > +++ b/python/handle.c > @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ guestfs_int_py_fromstring (const char *str) > #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3 > return PyString_FromString (str); > #else > - return PyUnicode_FromString (str); > + return PyUnicode_Decode(str, strlen(str), "utf-8", "replace"); > #endif > } > > @@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ guestfs_int_py_fromstringsize (const char *str, size_t size) > #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3 > return PyString_FromStringAndSize (str, size); > #else > - return PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize (str, size); > + return PyUnicode_Decode(str, size, "utf-8", "replace"); > #endif > } > > -- > 2.26.1.301.g55bc3eb7cb9-goog > > > _______________________________________________ > Libguestfs mailing list > Libguestfs(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs