Werk #10691: mk_logwatch supports UTF-16 LE BOM encoded files

Component Checks & agents
Title mk_logwatch supports UTF-16 LE BOM encoded files
Date Mar 23, 2020
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.0.0i1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0p11 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Since this release mk_logwatch is able to process files encoded with UTF-16LE. Those files must have correct byte order mark(BOM).

This type of encoding is used usually by Windows software.

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