GNU bug report logs - #30664
25.2; eww-download corrupts PDF files (and probably other binary files too)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: omar.antolin <at> gmail.com

Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 16:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 30664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: 30664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, omar.antolin <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#30664: 25.2;
 eww-download corrupts PDF files (and probably other binary files too)
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:18:56 +0200

> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:10:34 +0100
> Cc: 30664 <at> 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.
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