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diff --git a/doc/bugs/yaml_setup_file_does_not_support_UTF-8_if_XS_is_installed.mdwn b/doc/bugs/yaml_setup_file_does_not_support_UTF-8_if_XS_is_installed.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8f350667d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/yaml_setup_file_does_not_support_UTF-8_if_XS_is_installed.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +I converted an ikiwiki setup file to YAML as +[[documented|tips/yaml_setup_files]]. + +On my Debian Squeeze system, attempting to build the wiki using the +YAML setup file triggers the following error message: + + YAML::XS::Load Error: The problem: + + Invalid trailing UTF-8 octet + + was found at document: 0 + usage: ikiwiki [options] source dest + ikiwiki --setup configfile + +Indeed, my setup file contains UTF-8 characters. + +Deinstalling YAML::XS ([[!debpkg libyaml-libyaml-perl]]) resolves this +issue. According to YAML::Any's POD, YAML::Syck is used instead of +YAML::XS in this case since it's the best YAML implementaion available +on my system. + +No encoding-related setting is mentionned in YAML::XS' POD. We may +consider there is a bug in there. I'll see if it's known / fixed +somewhere as soon as I get online. + +Joey, as a (hopefully) temporary workaround, what do you think of +explicitely using YAML::Syck (or whatever other YAML implementation +that does not expose this bug) rather than letting YAML::Any pick its +preferred one? |