updated for version 7.0-178
diff --git a/src/mbyte.c b/src/mbyte.c
index 846ce98..735bf65 100644
--- a/src/mbyte.c
+++ b/src/mbyte.c
@@ -2294,8 +2294,14 @@
}
/* Check directly first, it's faster. */
for (j = 0; j < l; ++j)
+ {
if (s1[i + j] != s2[i + j])
break;
+ if (s1[i + j] == 0)
+ /* Both stings have the same bytes but are incomplete or
+ * have illegal bytes, accept them as equal. */
+ l = j;
+ }
if (j < l)
{
/* If one of the two characters is incomplete return -1. */
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index e20349d..09cbf73 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -667,6 +667,8 @@
static int included_patches[] =
{ /* Add new patch number below this line */
/**/
+ 178,
+/**/
177,
/**/
176,
