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--- a/TagsCheck.py
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+++ b/TagsCheck.py
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@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@
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             # squeeze whitespace to ease leading context check
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             checker.set_text(re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', str))
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             uppername = pkg.name.upper()
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+            if use_utf8:
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+                uppername = Pkg.to_utf8(uppername).decode('utf-8')
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             upperparts = uppername.split('-')
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             if lang.startswith('en'):
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                 ups = [x + "'S" for x in upperparts]
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