Error running `recode` inside a container
I am running a Fedora container with:
podman run -it registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:36
Inside this container, I first install recode:
[root@388e917ba8ce /]# sudo dnf install recode
Then, when trying to execute recode, I get this error:
[root@388e917ba8ce /]# touch deleteme.txt
[root@388e917ba8ce /]# recode windows1251..utf8 deleteme.txt
recode: /deleteme.txt failed: System detected problem in step `CP1251..UTF-8'
What could be causing this error?
Note that, when I run recode in my Fedora 36 system (without containers), I don’t get any errors. Also, if I use an Ubuntu image, I don’t get the error either.
The shared library /usr/lib64/gconv/CP1251.so provides functionality for the encoding CP1251.
$ podman run -it registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:36
[root@ea7d9d4dd16b /]# dnf provides /usr/lib64/gconv/CP1251.so
Fedora 36 - x86_64 17 MB/s | 81 MB 00:04
Fedora 36 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 3.5 kB/s | 2.5 kB 00:00
Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 2.0 MB/s | 2.4 MB 00:01
Fedora 36 - x86_64 - Updates 11 MB/s | 19 MB 00:01
Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 - Updates 1.8 MB/s | 2.2 MB 00:01
glibc-gconv-extra-2.35-4.fc36.x86_64 : All iconv converter modules for glibc.
Repo : fedora
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/gconv/CP1251.so
glibc-gconv-extra-2.35-11.fc36.x86_64 : All iconv converter modules for glibc.
Repo : updates
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/gconv/CP1251.so
[root@ea7d9d4dd16b /]#
The file /usr/lib64/gconv/CP1251.so is provided by the RPM package glibc-gconv-extra.
After running dnf install -y recode glibc-gconv-extra it seems to work
[root@ea7d9d4dd16b /]# touch deleteme.txt
[root@ea7d9d4dd16b /]# recode windows1251..utf8 deleteme.txt
[root@ea7d9d4dd16b /]#