Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:05:08 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysutils/cd9660_unicode Message-ID: <20060821170508.GA98755@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <200608211810.38758.antik@bsd.ee> References: <200608211810.38758.antik@bsd.ee>
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On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 06:10:38PM +0300, Andrei Kolu wrote: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html > > "Disks with certain ISO 9660 extensions might behave oddly, however. For > example, Joliet disks store all filenames in two-byte Unicode characters. The > FreeBSD kernel does not speak Unicode (yet!), so non-English characters show > up as question marks. (The FreeBSD CD9660 driver includes hooks to load an > appropriate Unicode conversion table on the fly. Modules for some of the > common encodings are available via the sysutils/cd9660_unicode port.)" > > # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/cd9660_unicode > # make install > ===> cd9660_unicode-1.0 is obsolete. See mount_cd9660(8). > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/cd9660_unicode. > > Looks like documentation is out of date. > Hello, What about the following diff mentioning the -C option for particular cases: Index: disks/chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.264 diff -u -r1.264 chapter.sgml --- disks/chapter.sgml 21 Aug 2006 07:58:16 -0000 1.264 +++ disks/chapter.sgml 21 Aug 2006 17:01:12 -0000 @@ -1200,12 +1200,12 @@ way. Disks with certain ISO 9660 extensions might behave oddly, however. For example, Joliet disks store all filenames in two-byte Unicode characters. The FreeBSD kernel does not - speak Unicode (yet!), so non-English characters show up as - question marks. (The FreeBSD - CD9660 driver includes hooks to load an appropriate Unicode - conversion table on the fly. Modules for some of the common - encodings are available via the - <filename role="package">sysutils/cd9660_unicode</filename> port.)</para> + speak Unicode, but the &os; CD9660 driver is able to convert + Unicode characters on the fly. If some non-English characters + show up as question marks you will need to specify the local + charset you use with the <option>-C</option> option. For more + information, consult the &man.mount.cd9660.8; manual + page.</para> <para>Occasionally, you might get <errorname>Device not configured</errorname> when trying to mount a CDROM. This -- Marc
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