to workaround perl bug removing UTF8 flag when passing scalars to die's, pass

a scalar-ref. but we need to de-ref, so it might break many things :).
let's make a prayer :).

18 files changed, 54 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/any.pm b/perl-install/any.pm
index db555585e..f5299bb9e 100644
--- a/perl-install/any.pm
+++ b/perl-install/any.pm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ because XFS needs a very large driver).") : ''))) or return;
     }
 
     my $floppy_dev;
-    my @l = detect_devices::floppies_dev() or die N("Sorry, no floppy drive available");
+    my @l = detect_devices::floppies_dev() or die \N("Sorry, no floppy drive available");
     my %l = (
 	     'fd0'  => N("First floppy drive"),
 	     'fd1'  => N("Second floppy drive"),
diff --git a/perl-install/bootloader.pm b/perl-install/bootloader.pm
index 74cc95870..82677b0b0 100644
--- a/perl-install/bootloader.pm
+++ b/perl-install/bootloader.pm
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ N_("The highlighted entry will be booted automatically in %d seconds."),
 );
    
     my $e = "$::prefix/boot/.enough_space";
-    output $e, 1; -s $e or die N("not enough room in /boot");
+    output $e, 1; -s $e or die \N("not enough room in /boot");
     unlink $e;
     $f;
 }
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ sub install {
     my ($bootloader, $fstab, $hds) = @_;
 
     if (my $p = find { $bootloader->{boot} eq "/dev/$_->{device}" } @$fstab) {
-	die N("You can't install the bootloader on a %s partition\n", partition_table::type2fs($p))
+	die \N("You can't install the bootloader on a %s partition\n", partition_table::type2fs($p))
 	  if isThisFs('xfs', $p);
     }
     $bootloader->{keytable} = keytable($bootloader->{keytable});
diff --git a/perl-install/diskdrake/hd_gtk.pm b/perl-install/diskdrake/hd_gtk.pm
index f6f23b22a..321682581 100644
--- a/perl-install/diskdrake/hd_gtk.pm
+++ b/perl-install/diskdrake/hd_gtk.pm
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ sub create_automatic_notebooks {
 	my $b = $_->{marked} or $notebook_widget->remove_page($::i);
 	$b;
     } @notebook;
-    @notebook or die N("No hard drives found");
+    @notebook or die \N("No hard drives found");
 }
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/perl-install/diskdrake/interactive.pm b/perl-install/diskdrake/interactive.pm
index 5fdf71c82..3f0e7d30b 100644
--- a/perl-install/diskdrake/interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/diskdrake/interactive.pm
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ sub write_partitions {
     if (!$::testing) {
 	partition_table::write($hd);
     }
-    $hd->{rebootNeeded} and die N("You'll need to reboot before the modification can take place");
+    $hd->{rebootNeeded} and die \N("You'll need to reboot before the modification can take place");
     1;
 }
 
diff --git a/perl-install/fs.pm b/perl-install/fs.pm
index a1758d57c..6bb46dee2 100644
--- a/perl-install/fs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/fs.pm
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ sub format_ext2($@) {
     my ($dev, @options) = @_;
     $dev =~ m,(rd|ida|cciss)/, and push @options, qw(-b 4096 -R stride=16); #- For RAID only.
     push @options, qw(-b 1024 -O none) if arch() =~ /alpha/;
-    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, 'mke2fs', '-F', @options, devices::make($dev)) or die N("%s formatting of %s failed", any { $_ eq '-j' } @options ? "ext3" : "ext2", $dev);
+    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, 'mke2fs', '-F', @options, devices::make($dev)) or die \N("%s formatting of %s failed", any { $_ eq '-j' } @options ? "ext3" : "ext2", $dev);
 }
 sub format_ext3 {
     my ($dev, @options) = @_;
@@ -547,23 +547,23 @@ sub format_ext3 {
 sub format_reiserfs {
     my ($dev, @options) = @_;
     #TODO add -h tea
-    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "mkreiserfs", "-ff", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die N("%s formatting of %s failed", "reiserfs", $dev);
+    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "mkreiserfs", "-ff", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die \N("%s formatting of %s failed", "reiserfs", $dev);
 }
 sub format_xfs {
     my ($dev, @options) = @_;
-    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "mkfs.xfs", "-f", "-q", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die N("%s formatting of %s failed", "xfs", $dev);
+    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "mkfs.xfs", "-f", "-q", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die \N("%s formatting of %s failed", "xfs", $dev);
 }
 sub format_jfs {
     my ($dev, @options) = @_;
-    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "mkfs.jfs", "-f", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die N("%s formatting of %s failed", "jfs", $dev);
+    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "mkfs.jfs", "-f", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die \N("%s formatting of %s failed", "jfs", $dev);
 }
 sub format_dos {
     my ($dev, @options) = @_;
-    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "mkdosfs", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die N("%s formatting of %s failed", "dos", $dev);
+    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "mkdosfs", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die \N("%s formatting of %s failed", "dos", $dev);
 }
 sub format_hfs {
     my ($dev, @options) = @_;
-    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "hformat", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die N("%s formatting of %s failed", "HFS", $dev);
+    run_program::raw({ timeout => 60 * 60 }, "hformat", @options, devices::make($dev)) or die \N("%s formatting of %s failed", "HFS", $dev);
 }
 sub real_format_part {
     my ($part) = @_;
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ sub real_format_part {
 	my $check_blocks = any { /^-c$/ } @options;
         swap::make($dev, $check_blocks);
     } else {
-	die N("I don't know how to format %s in type %s", $part->{device}, type2name($part->{type}));
+	die \N("I don't know how to format %s in type %s", $part->{device}, type2name($part->{type}));
     }
     $part->{isFormatted} = 1;
 }
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ sub mount {
 
     if (member($fs, 'smb', 'smbfs', 'nfs', 'davfs', 'ntfs') && $::isStandalone) {
 	$wait_message->(N("Mounting partition %s", $dev)) if $wait_message;
-	system('mount', '-t', $fs, $dev, $where, if_($options, '-o', $options)) == 0 or die N("mounting partition %s in directory %s failed", $dev, $where);
+	system('mount', '-t', $fs, $dev, $where, if_($options, '-o', $options)) == 0 or die \N("mounting partition %s in directory %s failed", $dev, $where);
 	return; #- do not update mtab, already done by mount(8)
     } elsif (member($fs, 'ext2', 'proc', 'usbdevfs', 'iso9660', @fs_modules)) {
 	$where =~ s|/$||;
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ sub mount {
 	}
 	log::l("calling mount($dev, $where, $fs, $flag, $mount_opt)");
 	$wait_message->(N("Mounting partition %s", $dev)) if $wait_message;
-	syscall_('mount', $dev, $where, $fs, $flag, $mount_opt) or die N("mounting partition %s in directory %s failed", $dev, $where) . " ($!)";
+	syscall_('mount', $dev, $where, $fs, $flag, $mount_opt) or die \N("mounting partition %s in directory %s failed", $dev, $where) . " ($!)";
     } else {
 	log::l("skipping mounting $fs partition");
 	return;
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ sub umount {
     my ($mntpoint) = @_;
     $mntpoint =~ s|/$||;
     log::l("calling umount($mntpoint)");
-    syscall_('umount', $mntpoint) or die N("error unmounting %s: %s", $mntpoint, $!);
+    syscall_('umount', $mntpoint) or die \N("error unmounting %s: %s", $mntpoint, $!);
 
     substInFile { $_ = '' if /(^|\s)$mntpoint\s/ } '/etc/mtab'; #- don't care about error, if we can't read, we won't manage to write... (and mess mtab)
 }
diff --git a/perl-install/fsedit.pm b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
index 3a16cc963..72d87e7d8 100644
--- a/perl-install/fsedit.pm
+++ b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ sub get_root { &get_root_ || {} }
 #- do this before modifying $part->{type}
 sub check_type {
     my ($type, $_hd, $part) = @_;
-    isThisFs("jfs", { type => $type }) && $part->{size} < 16 << 11 and die N("You can't use JFS for partitions smaller than 16MB");
-    isThisFs("reiserfs", { type => $type }) && $part->{size} < 32 << 11 and die N("You can't use ReiserFS for partitions smaller than 32MB");
+    isThisFs("jfs", { type => $type }) && $part->{size} < 16 << 11 and die \N("You can't use JFS for partitions smaller than 16MB");
+    isThisFs("reiserfs", { type => $type }) && $part->{size} < 32 << 11 and die \N("You can't use ReiserFS for partitions smaller than 32MB");
 }
 
 sub package_needed_for_partition_type {
@@ -526,18 +526,18 @@ sub check_mntpoint {
     my ($mntpoint, $hd, $part, $all_hds) = @_;
 
     $mntpoint eq '' || isSwap($part) || isNonMountable($part) and return;
-    $mntpoint =~ m|^/| or die N("Mount points must begin with a leading /");
-    $mntpoint ne $part->{mntpoint} && has_mntpoint($mntpoint, $all_hds) and die N("There is already a partition with mount point %s\n", $mntpoint);
+    $mntpoint =~ m|^/| or die \N("Mount points must begin with a leading /");
+    $mntpoint ne $part->{mntpoint} && has_mntpoint($mntpoint, $all_hds) and die \N("There is already a partition with mount point %s\n", $mntpoint);
 
     die "raid / with no /boot" 
       if $mntpoint eq "/" && isRAID($part) && !has_mntpoint("/boot", $all_hds);
-    die N("You can't use a LVM Logical Volume for mount point %s", $mntpoint)
+    die \N("You can't use a LVM Logical Volume for mount point %s", $mntpoint)
       if $mntpoint eq '/boot' && isLVM($hd);
-    die N("This directory should remain within the root filesystem")
+    die \N("This directory should remain within the root filesystem")
       if member($mntpoint, qw(/bin /dev /etc /lib /sbin /root /mnt));
-    die N("You need a true filesystem (ext2/ext3, reiserfs, xfs, or jfs) for this mount point\n")
+    die \N("You need a true filesystem (ext2/ext3, reiserfs, xfs, or jfs) for this mount point\n")
       if !isTrueFS($part) && member($mntpoint, qw(/ /home /tmp /usr /var));
-    die N("You can't use an encrypted file system for mount point %s", $mntpoint)
+    die \N("You can't use an encrypted file system for mount point %s", $mntpoint)
       if $part->{options} =~ /encrypted/ && member($mntpoint, qw(/ /usr /var /boot));
 
     local $part->{mntpoint} = $mntpoint;
@@ -598,9 +598,9 @@ sub auto_allocate {
     if ($before == listlength(fsedit::get_all_fstab($all_hds))) {
 	# find out why auto_allocate failed
 	if (any { !has_mntpoint($_->{mntpoint}, $all_hds) } @$suggestions_) {
-	    die N("Not enough free space for auto-allocating");
+	    die \N("Not enough free space for auto-allocating");
 	} else {
-	    die N("Nothing to do");
+	    die \N("Nothing to do");
 	}
     }
 }
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ sub move {
 
     local (*F, *G);
     sysopen F, $hd->{file}, 0 or die '';
-    sysopen G, $hd2->{file}, 2 or die N("Error opening %s for writing: %s", $hd2->{file}, $!);
+    sysopen G, $hd2->{file}, 2 or die \N("Error opening %s for writing: %s", $hd2->{file}, $!);
 
     my $base = $part1->{start};
     my $base2 = $part2->{start};
diff --git a/perl-install/install2.pm b/perl-install/install2.pm
index 8ce56d2b6..640568e33 100644
--- a/perl-install/install2.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install2.pm
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ sub setupSCSI {
     my ($clicked, $_ent_number, $auto) = @_;
 
     if (!$::live && !$::g_auto_install && !$o->{blank} && !$::testing && !$::uml_install) {
-	-s modules::cz_file() or die N("Can't access kernel modules corresponding to your kernel (file %s is missing), this generally means your boot floppy in not in sync with the Installation medium (please create a newer boot floppy)", modules::cz_file());
+	-s modules::cz_file() or die \N("Can't access kernel modules corresponding to your kernel (file %s is missing), this generally means your boot floppy in not in sync with the Installation medium (please create a newer boot floppy)", modules::cz_file());
     }
 
     installStepsCall($o, $auto, 'setupSCSI', $clicked);
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ sub formatPartitions {
     if ($want_root_formated) {
 	foreach ('/usr') {
 	    my $part = fsedit::mntpoint2part($_, $o->{fstab}) or next;
-	    $part->{toFormat} or die N("You must also format %s", $_);
+	    $part->{toFormat} or die \N("You must also format %s", $_);
 	}
     }
     installStepsCall($o, $auto, 'formatMountPartitions', $o->{fstab}) if !$::testing;
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ sub start_i810fb {
 #- MAIN
 #-######################################################################################
 sub main {
-    $SIG{__DIE__} = sub { chomp(my $err = $_[0]); log::l("warning: $err") if $err !~ /^find_index failed/ };
+    $SIG{__DIE__} = sub { chomp(my $err = $_[0]); log::l("warning: ", ref($err) eq 'SCALAR' ? $$err : $err) if $err !~ /^find_index failed/ };
     $SIG{SEGV} = sub { 
 	my $msg = "segmentation fault: seems like memory is missing as the install crashes"; print "$msg\n"; log::l($msg);
 	$o->ask_warn('', $msg);
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ sub main {
 	$o->kill_action;
 	$clicked = 0;
 	if ($err) {
+	    ref($err) eq 'SCALAR' and $err = $$err;
 	    local $_ = $err;
 	    $o->kill_action;
 	    if (!/^already displayed/) {
diff --git a/perl-install/install_any.pm b/perl-install/install_any.pm
index a7d2a89a8..2b840b6d0 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_any.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_any.pm
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ sub setAuthentication {
 	#run_program::rooted($o->{prefix}, "/usr/sbin/chkauth", "yp", $domain, "-s", $nis);
 	$o->pkg_install("ypbind");
 	my $domain = $o->{netc}{NISDOMAIN};
-	$domain || $nis ne "broadcast" or die N("Can't use broadcast with no NIS domain");
+	$domain || $nis ne "broadcast" or die \N("Can't use broadcast with no NIS domain");
 	my $t = $domain ? "domain $domain" . ($nis ne "broadcast" && " server") : "ypserver";
 	substInFile {
 	    $_ = "#~$_" unless /^#/;
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ sub loadO {
 	-e "$f.pl" and $f .= ".pl" unless -e $f;
 
 	my $fh;
-	if (-e $f) { open $fh, $f } else { $fh = getFile($f) or die N("Error reading file %s", $f) }
+	if (-e $f) { open $fh, $f } else { $fh = getFile($f) or die \N("Error reading file %s", $f) }
 	{
 	    local $/ = "\0";
 	    no strict;
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ sub getHds {
     my $hds = $all_hds->{hds};
 
     if (is_empty_array_ref($hds)) { #- no way
-	die N("An error occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem");
+	die \N("An error occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem");
     }
 
     #- try to figure out if the same number of hds is available, use them if ok.
diff --git a/perl-install/install_interactive.pm b/perl-install/install_interactive.pm
index e7287bd82..2ef9f73d8 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_interactive.pm
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ sub partitionWizardSolutions {
 		    };
 		    $pkg->new($part->{device}, devices::make($part->{device}));
 		};
-		$@ and die N("The FAT resizer is unable to handle your partition, 
+		$@ and die \N("The FAT resizer is unable to handle your partition, 
 the following error occured: %s", formatError($@));
 		my $min_win = do {
 		    my $_w = $o->wait_message(N("Resizing"), N("Computing the size of the Windows partition"));
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ the following error occured: %s", formatError($@));
 		#- this save at least a cylinder (less than 8Mb).
 		$min_win += partition_table::raw::cylinder_size($hd);
 
-		$part->{size} > $min_linux + $min_swap + $min_freewin + $min_win or die N("Your Windows partition is too fragmented. Please reboot your computer under Windows, run the ``defrag'' utility, then restart the Mandrake Linux installation.");
+		$part->{size} > $min_linux + $min_swap + $min_freewin + $min_win or die \N("Your Windows partition is too fragmented. Please reboot your computer under Windows, run the ``defrag'' utility, then restart the Mandrake Linux installation.");
 		$o->ask_okcancel('', N("WARNING!
 
 DrakX will now resize your Windows partition. Be careful:
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ When sure, press Ok.")) or return;
 		};
 		if (my $err = $@) {
 		    $part->{size} = $oldsize;
-		    die N("FAT resizing failed: %s", formatError($err));
+		    die \N("FAT resizing failed: %s", formatError($err));
 		}
 
 		$part->{isFormatted} = 1;
diff --git a/perl-install/install_steps.pm b/perl-install/install_steps.pm
index dce92be37..5b2db9845 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_steps.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_steps.pm
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ sub doPartitionDisksAfter {
     }
     
     if (arch() =~ /ia64/ && !fsedit::has_mntpoint("/boot/efi", $o->{all_hds})) {
-	die N("You must have a FAT partition mounted in /boot/efi");
+	die \N("You must have a FAT partition mounted in /boot/efi");
     }
 
     if ($o->{partitioning}{use_existing_root}) {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ sub ask_mntpoint_s {
 
 	next if !$m || $m eq 'swap'; #- there may be a lot of swap.
 
-	$m{$m} and die N("Duplicate mount point %s", $m);
+	$m{$m} and die \N("Duplicate mount point %s", $m);
 	$m{$m} = 1;
 
 	#- in case the type does not correspond, force it to ext3
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ sub afterInstallPackages($) {
 
     return if $::g_auto_install;
 
-    die N("Some important packages didn't get installed properly.
+    die \N("Some important packages didn't get installed properly.
 Either your cdrom drive or your cdrom is defective.
 Check the cdrom on an installed computer using \"rpm -qpl Mandrake/RPMS/*.rpm\"
 ") if any { m|read failed: Input/output error| } cat_("$o->{prefix}/root/drakx/install.log");
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ GridHeight=70
 	my @l = detect_devices::floppies_dev();
 
 	foreach (qw(blank updatemodules)) {
-	    $o->{$_} eq "1" and $o->{$_} = $l[0] || die N("No floppy drive available");
+	    $o->{$_} eq "1" and $o->{$_} = $l[0] || die \N("No floppy drive available");
 	}
 
 	$o->{blank} and $o->copyKernelFromFloppy();
diff --git a/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm b/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
index e062c6c7c..c71ccac73 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ sub ask_mntpoint_s { #- }{}
     my @fstab = grep { isTrueFS($_) } @$fstab;
     @fstab = grep { isSwap($_) } @$fstab if @fstab == 0;
     @fstab = @$fstab if @fstab == 0;
-    die N("No partition available") if @fstab == 0;
+    die \N("No partition available") if @fstab == 0;
 
     {
 	my $_w = $o->wait_message('', N("Scanning partitions to find mount points"));
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ sub formatMountPartitions {
 	$o->ask_yesorno('', N("Failed to check filesystem %s. Do you want to repair the errors? (beware, you can loose data)", $1), 1);
     };
     undef $w; #- help perl (otherwise wait_message stays forever in newt)
-    die N("Not enough swap space to fulfill installation, please add some") if availableMemory() < 40 * 1024;
+    die \N("Not enough swap space to fulfill installation, please add some") if availableMemory() < 40 * 1024;
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/perl-install/loopback.pm b/perl-install/loopback.pm
index be432c3a6..d972339c2 100644
--- a/perl-install/loopback.pm
+++ b/perl-install/loopback.pm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sub check_circular_mounts {
     my $check; $check = sub {
 	my ($part, @seen) = @_;
 	push @seen, $part->{mntpoint} || return;
-	@seen > 1 && $part->{mntpoint} eq $base_mntpoint and die N("Circular mounts %s\n", join(", ", @seen));
+	@seen > 1 && $part->{mntpoint} eq $base_mntpoint and die \N("Circular mounts %s\n", join(", ", @seen));
 	if (my $part = fs::up_mount_point($part->{mntpoint}, $fstab)) {
 	    #- '/' carrier is a special case, it will be mounted first
 	    $check->($part, @seen) if !carryRootLoopback($part);
diff --git a/perl-install/lvm.pm b/perl-install/lvm.pm
index 4ae8e4ff2..93209cca8 100644
--- a/perl-install/lvm.pm
+++ b/perl-install/lvm.pm
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ sub vg_add {
 sub vg_destroy {
     my ($lvm) = @_;
 
-    is_empty_array_ref($lvm->{primary}{normal}) or die N("Remove the logical volumes first\n");
+    is_empty_array_ref($lvm->{primary}{normal}) or die \N("Remove the logical volumes first\n");
     run('vgchange', '-a', 'n', $lvm->{VG_name});
     run_or_die('vgremove', $lvm->{VG_name});
     foreach (@{$lvm->{disks}}) {
diff --git a/perl-install/network/drakfirewall.pm b/perl-install/network/drakfirewall.pm
index 4861b2242..8d6e7005a 100644
--- a/perl-install/network/drakfirewall.pm
+++ b/perl-install/network/drakfirewall.pm
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ sub get_ports {
 sub set_ports {
     my ($in, $disabled, $ports) = @_;
 
-    my $shorewall = network::shorewall::read() || network::shorewall::default_interfaces() or die N("No network card");
+    my $shorewall = network::shorewall::read() || network::shorewall::default_interfaces() or die \N("No network card");
 
     if (!$disabled || -x "$::prefix/sbin/shorewall") {
 	$in->do_pkgs->ensure_is_installed('shorewall', '/sbin/shorewall', $::isInstall) or return;
diff --git a/perl-install/network/ethernet.pm b/perl-install/network/ethernet.pm
index 28b71adba..112e74b1c 100644
--- a/perl-install/network/ethernet.pm
+++ b/perl-install/network/ethernet.pm
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ sub configureNetwork {
     my ($netc, $intf, $_first_time) = @_;
     local $_;
     modules::interactive::load_category($in, 'network/main|gigabit|usb|pcmcia', !$::expert, 1) or return;
-    my @l = detect_devices::getNet() or die N("no network card found");
+    my @l = detect_devices::getNet() or die \N("no network card found");
     my @all_cards = conf_network_card_backend($netc, $intf);
 
   configureNetwork_step_1:
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table.pm b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
index 19b7f2842..1bb76bf4c 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ sub add_primary {
 }
 
 sub add_extended {
-    arch() =~ /^sparc|ppc/ and die N("Extended partition not supported on this platform");
+    arch() =~ /^sparc|ppc/ and die \N("Extended partition not supported on this platform");
 
     my ($hd, $part, $extended_type) = @_;
     $extended_type =~ s/Extended_?//;
@@ -778,16 +778,16 @@ sub load {
     my ($hd, $file, $force) = @_;
 
     local *F;
-    open F, $file or die N("Error reading file %s", $file);
+    open F, $file or die \N("Error reading file %s", $file);
 
     my $h;
     {
 	local $/ = "\0";
 	eval <F>;
     }
-    $@ and die N("Restoring from file %s failed: %s", $file, $@);
+    $@ and die \N("Restoring from file %s failed: %s", $file, $@);
 
-    ref($h) eq 'ARRAY' or die N("Bad backup file");
+    ref($h) eq 'ARRAY' or die \N("Bad backup file");
 
     my %h; @h{@fields2save} = @$h;
 
@@ -807,5 +807,5 @@ sub save {
     my @h = @{$hd}{@fields2save};
     require Data::Dumper;
     eval { output($file, Data::Dumper->Dump([\@h], ['$h']), "\0") }
-      or die N("Error writing to file %s", $file);
+      or die \N("Error writing to file %s", $file);
 }
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm b/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm
index 0b06848ac..c25127cdc 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ sub test_for_bad_drives {
     my $tmp2;
     &$seek; sysread $F, $tmp2, $SECTORSIZE or die "test_for_bad_drives: can't even read again ($!)";
     $tmp eq $tmp2 or die
-N("Something bad is happening on your drive. 
+\N("Something bad is happening on your drive. 
 A test to check the integrity of data has failed. 
 It means writing anything on the disk will end up with random, corrupted data.");
 }
diff --git a/perl-install/raid.pm b/perl-install/raid.pm
index 701ad1a3d..82fb4e0db 100644
--- a/perl-install/raid.pm
+++ b/perl-install/raid.pm
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ sub new {
 
 sub add {
     my ($raids, $part, $nb) = @_; $nb = nb($nb);
-    $raids->[$nb]{isMounted} and die N("Can't add a partition to _formatted_ RAID md%d", $nb);
+    $raids->[$nb]{isMounted} and die \N("Can't add a partition to _formatted_ RAID md%d", $nb);
     inactivate_and_dirty($raids->[$nb]);
     $part->{notFormatted} = 1; $part->{isFormatted} = 0;
     $part->{raid} = $nb;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ sub verify {
     my ($raids) = @_;
     $raids or return;
     foreach (grep { $_ } @$raids) {
-	@{$_->{disks}} >= ($_->{level} =~ /4|5/ ? 3 : 2) or die N("Not enough partitions for RAID level %d\n", $_->{level});
+	@{$_->{disks}} >= ($_->{level} =~ /4|5/ ? 3 : 2) or die \N("Not enough partitions for RAID level %d\n", $_->{level});
     }
 }