if the charset is unknown, assume UTF-8

diff --git a/Debbugs/UTF8.pm b/Debbugs/UTF8.pm
index 999fc8a48fd6197b22261535e1e2d7292655a4a9..01351f3668f04e2e33704eb672300006bf656579 100644 (file)
--- a/Debbugs/UTF8.pm
+++ b/Debbugs/UTF8.pm
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ sub convert_to_utf8 {
     if ($charset eq 'RAW') {
         croak("Charset must not be raw when calling convert_to_utf8");
     }
+    ## if the charset is unknown or unknown 8 bit, assume that it's UTF-8.
+    if ($charset =~ /unknown/i) {
+       $charset = 'UTF-8'
+    }
     my $iconv_converter;
     eval {
         $iconv_converter = Text::Iconv->new($charset,"UTF-8") or