[DRE-maint] Bug#675974: gem2deb: rdepends FTBFS: `===': invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII (ArgumentError)

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 04/06/12 at 20:50 +0100, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
> reassign 675974 src:gem2deb
> found 675974 gem2deb/0.2.14
> affects 675974 ruby-cairo
> severity 675974 critical
> # Justification: breaks unrelated software
> thanks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gem2deb/dh_ruby.rb:381:in `===': invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII (ArgumentError)
> 
> gem2deb chokes on UTF-8 in debian/control files because it is opening
> them as US-ASCII.
> 
> Seems it needs porting for ruby1.9?

Hi,

I've just committed a fix, and will upload shortly. However, Antonio,
please review my fix and make necessary changes in a future upload.

  Lucas