(svn r15135) -Fix/Change: allow str_validate (part of receiving strings from the network) to pass newlines instead of replacing them with question marks, but only when asked to do so.

src/network/core/packet.cpp

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ uint64 Packet::Recv_uint64()
 }
 
 /** Reads a string till it finds a '\0' in the stream */
-void Packet::Recv_string(char *buffer, size_t size)
+void Packet::Recv_string(char *buffer, size_t size, bool allow_newlines)
 {
 	PacketSize pos;
 	char *bufp = buffer;
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void Packet::Recv_string(char *buffer, size_t size)
 	}
 	this->pos = pos;
 
-	str_validate(bufp);
+	str_validate(bufp, allow_newlines);
 }
 
 #endif /* ENABLE_NETWORK */

src/network/core/packet.h

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public:
 	uint16 Recv_uint16();
 	uint32 Recv_uint32();
 	uint64 Recv_uint64();
-	void   Recv_string(char *buffer, size_t size);
+	void   Recv_string(char *buffer, size_t size, bool allow_newlines = false);
 };
 
 Packet *NetworkSend_Init(PacketType type);

src/network/network_content.cpp

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ DEF_CONTENT_RECEIVE_COMMAND(Client, PACKET_CONTENT_SERVER_INFO)
 	p->Recv_string(ci->name, lengthof(ci->name));
 	p->Recv_string(ci->version, lengthof(ci->name));
 	p->Recv_string(ci->url, lengthof(ci->url));
-	p->Recv_string(ci->description, lengthof(ci->description));
+	p->Recv_string(ci->description, lengthof(ci->description),  true);
 
 	ci->unique_id = p->Recv_uint32();
 	for (uint j = 0; j < sizeof(ci->md5sum); j++) {

src/string.cpp

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ char *CDECL str_fmt(const char *str, ...)
 }
 
 
-void str_validate(char *str)
+void str_validate(char *str, bool allow_newlines)
 {
 	char *dst = str;
 	WChar c;
@@ -113,7 +113,14 @@ void str_validate(char *str)
 			do {
 				*dst++ = *str++;
 			} while (--len != 0);
+		} else if (allow_newlines && c == '\n') {
+			*dst++ = *str++;
 		} else {
+			if (allow_newlines && c == '\r' && str[1] == '\n') {
+				str += len;
+				continue;
+			}
+			assert(c != '\r');
 			/* Replace the undesirable character with a question mark */
 			str += len;
 			*dst++ = '?';

src/string_func.h

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ char *CDECL str_fmt(const char *str, ...);
 
 /** Scans the string for valid characters and if it finds invalid ones,
  * replaces them with a question mark '?' */
-void str_validate(char *str);
+void str_validate(char *str, bool allow_newlines = false);
 
 /** Scans the string for colour codes and strips them */
 void str_strip_colours(char *str);