Bug#502784: [gnome-screensaver] does not display user name with correct charset encoding

[Andre Felipe Machado]

Hello,
Could reportbug be used, instead?
The problem machine has the following :
andremachado at debian:~$ locale
LANG=pt_BR
LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:pt_PT
LC_CTYPE="pt_BR"
LC_NUMERIC="pt_BR"
LC_TIME="pt_BR"
LC_COLLATE="pt_BR"
LC_MONETARY="pt_BR"
LC_MESSAGES="pt_BR"
LC_PAPER="pt_BR"
LC_NAME="pt_BR"
LC_ADDRESS="pt_BR"
LC_TELEPHONE="pt_BR"
LC_MEASUREMENT="pt_BR"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="pt_BR"
LC_ALL=

Is there a safe way to automatically convert this file during upgrading
from Etch to Lenny?
Could iconv or recode be used safely in packaging scripts? What is the
correct approach for the upgrade?
Regards.
Andre Felipe