guix/gnu/packages/patches/python-libxml2-utf8.patch

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This patch fixes a crash in the libxml2 bindings for Python 3.x
that 'itstool' stumbles upon when processing UTF-8 data:
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37468
Patch by Jan Matejek
from <https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1065270>.
--- libxml2-2.9.5.orig/python/libxml.c
+++ libxml2-2.9.5/python/libxml.c
@@ -1620,6 +1620,7 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
PyObject *message;
PyObject *result;
char str[1000];
+ unsigned char *ptr = (unsigned char *)str;
#ifdef DEBUG_ERROR
printf("libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(%p, %s, ...) called\n", ctx, msg);
@@ -1636,12 +1637,20 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
str[999] = 0;
va_end(ap);
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+ /* Ensure the error string doesn't start at UTF8 continuation. */
+ while (*ptr && (*ptr & 0xc0) == 0x80)
+ ptr++;
+#endif
+
list = PyTuple_New(2);
PyTuple_SetItem(list, 0, libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
Py_XINCREF(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
- message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(str);
+ message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(ptr);
PyTuple_SetItem(list, 1, message);
result = PyEval_CallObject(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncHandler, list);
+ /* Forget any errors caused in the error handler. */
+ PyErr_Clear();
Py_XDECREF(list);
Py_XDECREF(result);
}