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Bug#1017435: debian-installer: georgian text mode fails to render all characters

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Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal

openQA just noticed that the rendering of certain characters just changed,
highlighting the fact that the rendering was already broken.

For example the prompt for the hostname:

msgid "Please enter the hostname for this system."
msgstr "გთხოვთ შეიყვანოთ კომპიუტერის სახელი."

gets displayed as something like:

   გთ_ოვთ შეი_ვანოთ კომპიუტერის სა_ელი."

so it looks like it's failing to deal with at least these characeters:

  https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+10EE
and
  https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+10E7

In the past the _'s would have appeared as blanks, whereas now they are inverted
and show as blue squares (which is an improvement, since this makes it obvious
that something's wrong, and also caused openQA to notice the change)

The old look can be seen here:

  https://openqa.debian.net/tests/69846#step/hostname/1

The new look here:

  https://openqa.debian.net/tests/69954#step/hostname/2

and I'll attach screenshots of the same (for when the links rot)

Cheers, Phil.

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Bug#1017435: debian-installer: georgian text mode fails to render all characters Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2022-08-16 11:40 +0200
  Bug#1017435: debian-installer: georgian text mode fails to render all characters Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2022-08-16 23:10 +0200

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