## page was renamed from MoinMoinBugs/StrangeSignsInEditLog
= Description =
Sometimes strange characters in edit-logs prevents migration to 1.6.x.

I think we can ommit it using

{{attachment:_conv160.py.patch}}

-- ReimarBauer <<DateTime(2008-02-07T19:10:51+0100)>>

== Steps to reproduce ==
## Describe the steps needed to reproduce the bug. If we can't reproduce it, we  probably can't fix it.
 1. do this...

== Example ==
##Add URL that show the bug, screenshot or test wiki markup that fail...

##URL: 

##attachment:screenshot.png

##{{{
##Example wiki markup that fail
##}}}

== Component selection ==

## Where you think is this bug happening ? (general, plugin [plugin name], theme [theme name], ...

 * general

== Details ==

## If you got a traceback, please save the traceback page as html and attach here:
## attachment:traceback.html

## if the bug is in this wiki, just kill the table and write: This Wiki.

## If a traceback is not available, please fill in the details here:
|| '''!MoinMoin Version''' || 1.6.1 ||
|| '''OS and Version''' ||  ||
|| '''Python Version''' ||  ||
|| '''Server Setup''' || ||
|| '''Server Details''' || ||
|| '''Language you are using the wiki in''' (set in the browser/UserPreferences) || ||

== Workaround ==
## How to deal with the bug until it is fixed


= Discussion =
It would be interesting to have a sample of such strange chars. is it wrong encoding? random garbage? zeroes?

e.g. 
{{{
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^
@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@1202403061620244  99999999        ATTNEW
                     SebastianDziallas(2f)Education  ##.##.##.##
                     proxy2.fedora.phx.redhat.com    1196429407.42.57
}}}

(!) I think we should not skip edit-log lines that can't be processed:
 * user has to get aware of that his system has severe problems - if we just skip those lines, we hide the problem
 * if we drop the line, we potentially create new problems due to missing edit-log entries
 * user can maybe fix the problem without losing the entry completely

The bug in the edit-log is caused by using moin on NFS, file append mode is not working as it should on that NFS server.

= Plan =
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