From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Cc: 30664@debbugs.gnu.org, omar.antolin@gmail.com
Subject: bug#30664: 25.2; eww-download corrupts PDF files (and probably other binary files too)
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:18:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83371jy57j.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mvmh8pzsovp.fsf@suse.de> (message from Andreas Schwab on Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:10:34 +0100)
> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:10:34 +0100
> Cc: 30664@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> I think it's only a problem because PDF files look like text files.
> Other binary files are immediately recognized as binary.
You are right, but I think a download function should produce a file
that is identical to its original, even if it's a text file. No
coding conversions or EOL conversions should take place.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-01 19:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-01 15:58 bug#30664: 25.2; eww-download corrupts PDF files (and probably other binary files too) omar.antolin
2018-03-01 17:10 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-03-01 19:18 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-03-01 19:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <CAL03oyLjOiFtdiY+_OCHHSSzn+7iEepZAHq08fOvMiN2HhLpqQ@mail.gmail.com>
2018-03-02 8:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
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