Subject: bug#61742: icecat.desktop show ??????????

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:03:20 -0500

Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi Feng,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> Hi Feng,
>>
>> Feng Shu <[email-masked]> writes:
>>
>>> /gnu/store/hhfcn8viysyz2qz9rvvqkj91i5nxzd9s-icecat-102.8.0-guix0-preview1/share/applications/icecat.desktop
>>>
>>> [Desktop Entry]
>>> Version=1.0
>>> Name=GNU IceCat Web Browser
>>> Name[ar]=?????????? ?????????? ????????????????????
>>> Name[ast]=Restolador web GNU IceCat
>>> Name[bn]=?????????????????????????????? ??????????????? ????????????????????????
>>> Name[ca]=Navegador web GNU IceCat
>>> Name[cs]=GNU IceCat Webov?? prohl????e??
>>> Name[da]=GNU IceCat - internetbrowser
>>> Name[el]=???????????????????? GNU IceCat
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Sorry, what is the issue?  I don't understand.
>
> OK, these are actual '?' question marks characters; that's a problem!
> Sorry for failing to understand the issue earlier.
>
> Perhaps the build environment of icecat would need locale support to
> generate these correctly?

Interestingly, this older icecat in my store, at version 102.7.0 didn't
have that problem:

cat /gnu/store/8x8pqbdykw9wpkc2ankxg6ccnqv82ca2-icecat-102.7.0-guix0-preview1/\
 share/applications/icecat.desktop

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=GNU IceCat Web Browser
Name[ar]=متصفح الويب فَيَرفُكْس
Name[ast]=Restolador web GNU IceCat
Name[bn]=ফায়ারফক্স ওয়েব ব্রাউজার
Name[ca]=Navegador web GNU IceCat
Name[cs]=GNU IceCat Webový prohlížeč
Name[da]=GNU IceCat - internetbrowser
[...]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim