Public bug reported: Apache2 by mistake defaults to windows-1252 instead of UTF-8. The system is now in UTF-8 or at worst ISO-8859. Apache2 should default to a standard character set, such as UTF-8 which is used in the rest of the system.
$ set | grep -i utf LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apache2 2.4.6-2ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-5.13-generic 3.12.2 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-5-generic x86_64 Apache2ConfdDirListing: False ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Fri Dec 6 16:59:29 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-19 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64+mac (20131118) SourcePackage: apache2 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) error.log: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/apache2/error.log' modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods.available.mime.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.apache2.sites.available.000.default.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.apache2.mods.available.mime.conf: 2013-12-06T14:35:32.967408 mtime.conffile..etc.apache2.sites.available.000.default.conf: 2013-12-06T14:40:35.305416 ** Affects: apache2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1258546 Title: Apache2 defaults to the wrong character set, it should be UTF-8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/1258546/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs