[Python-apps-team] Bug#500140: mercurial: does not accept anything other than ascii7 in ~/.hgrc

[Francesco Potorti`]

Package: mercurial
Version: 1.0.1-5
Severity: normal

I set up my ~/.hgrc like this:

================
[ui]
username = Francesco Potortì <pot at gnu.org>
================

but 'hg commit' barfs on the non-ascii7 character.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=it_IT at euro (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mercurial depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.7-13     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  mercurial-common              1.0.1-5    Scalable distributed version contr
ii  python                        2.5.2-2    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-support                0.8.4      automated rebuilding support for P
ii  ucf                           3.0010     Update Configuration File: preserv

Versions of packages mercurial recommends:
ii  python-beaker                 0.9.5-1    Simple WSGI middleware that uses t
ii  rcs                           5.7-23     The GNU Revision Control System

Versions of packages mercurial suggests:
ii  emacs                         22.2+2-3   The GNU Emacs editor (metapackage)
ii  python-elementtree            1.2.6-12   Light-weight toolkit for XML proce
pn  python-mysqldb                <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-pygments               <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-subversion             <none>     (no description available)
pn  qct                           <none>     (no description available)
ii  tk8.4 [wish]                  8.4.19-2   Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.4 -
ii  tk8.5 [wish]                  8.5.3-3    Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.5 -

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