Bug#1146791: libxml-filter-sort-perl: xmlsort generates corrupt output on non-ASCII characters

[Vincent Lefevre]

Package: libxml-filter-sort-perl
Version: 1.01-4
Severity: important

Consider the following file test.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
<i>é</i>
<i>a</i>
</root>

I get:

$ xmlsort -r i -k . test.xml
<root>
<i>a</i>
<i>�</i>
</root>

-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
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  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'proposed-updates-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 7.1.12+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages libxml-filter-sort-perl depends on:
ii  libxml-sax-perl         1.02+dfsg-5
ii  libxml-sax-writer-perl  0.57-3
ii  perl                    5.42.3-1

libxml-filter-sort-perl recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libxml-filter-sort-perl suggests:
pn  libxml-sax-machines-perl  <none>

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