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From: "bruno at clisp dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org>
To: glibc-bugs@sourceware.org
Subject: [Bug locale/30694] New: The iconv program no longer tells the user
 which given encoding name was wrong
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:12:25 +0000
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D30694

            Bug ID: 30694
           Summary: The iconv program no longer tells the user which given
                    encoding name was wrong
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.32
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: locale
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: bruno at clisp dot org
  Target Milestone: ---

When the user invokes the iconv program with an invalid FROM_ENCODING or
invalid TO_ENCODING, the error message no longer indicates which of the two=
 was
wrong. Which leaves the user puzzled. Thus, it is a bad usability experienc=
e.

How to reproduce:

In glibc 2.32:
$ echo abc | iconv -f ARMSCII-8 -t UCS_4BE
iconv: failed to start conversion processing

In glibc 2.30:
$ echo abc | iconv -f ARMSCII-8 -t UCS_4BE
iconv: conversion to `UCS_4BE' is not supported
Try `iconv --help' of `iconv --usage' for more information.

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