* Ensure that the comparison of the "yes" character in ...

Author: mdz
Date: 2003-08-09 00:26:29 GMT
* Ensure that the comparison of the "yes" character in YnPrompt is done
with unsigned values, so that 8-bit characters work correctly.  This
should probably all use nl_langinfo(YESEXPR) at some point instead.
(Closes: #200953)
* Pass the translated character through toupper(3), so that it doesn't
really matter anymore whether the translated string is uppercase

cmdline/apt-get.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
 // Description								/*{{{*/
-// $Id: apt-get.cc,v 1.136 2003/08/08 23:48:48 mdz Exp $
+// $Id: apt-get.cc,v 1.137 2003/08/09 00:26:30 mdz Exp $
 /* ######################################################################
    
    apt-get - Cover for dpkg
@@ -121,15 +121,15 @@ bool YnPrompt()
       return true;
    }
    
-   char C = 0;
-   char Jnk = 0;
+   unsigned char C = 0;
+   unsigned char Jnk = 0;
    if (read(STDIN_FILENO,&C,1) != 1)
       return false;
    while (C != '\n' && Jnk != '\n') 
       if (read(STDIN_FILENO,&Jnk,1) != 1)
 	 return false;
    
-   if (!(toupper(C) == *Yes || C == '\n' || C == '\r'))
+   if (!(toupper(C) == toupper((unsigned char)(*Yes)) || C == '\n' || C == '\r'))
       return false;
    return true;
 }

debian/changelog

@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@ apt (0.5.9) unstable; urgency=low
     are Provided by a package which is already installed (Closes: #200395)
   * Patch to update pt_BR man page for apt_preferences(5) from Andre Luis
     Lopes <andrelop@debian.org> (Closes: #202245)
-
- -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>  Fri,  8 Aug 2003 19:52:49 -0400
+  * Ensure that the comparison of the "yes" character in YnPrompt is done
+    with unsigned values, so that 8-bit characters work correctly.  This
+    should probably all use nl_langinfo(YESEXPR) at some point instead.
+    (Closes: #200953)
+  * Pass the translated character through toupper(3), so that it doesn't
+    really matter anymore whether the translated string is uppercase
+
+ -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>  Fri,  8 Aug 2003 20:25:40 -0400
 
 apt (0.5.8) unstable; urgency=medium