1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/gen_pkgdiff.py b/doc/gen_pkgdiff.py
index acfbadc..7dd8c73 100644
--- a/doc/gen_pkgdiff.py
+++ b/doc/gen_pkgdiff.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 #
 # Note that packages with the unchanged version is not listed.
 #
-# The output is presented as XML code printed to stdout.
+# The output is presented as XML code printed to stdout. A summary is printed
+# to STDERR at the end.
 #
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -22,11 +23,18 @@ import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
 def get_pkgs(file_spec):
     if file_spec.find(":") >= 0:
-        cmd = ("git", "show", file_spec)
-        root = ET.fromstring(subprocess.check_output(cmd))
-
+        s = subprocess.check_output(("git", "show", file_spec))
     else:
-        root = ET.parse(file_spec)
+        f = open(file_spec)
+        s = f.read()
+        f.close()
+        del f
+
+    # ET can't handle some special quotes
+    for old, new in (("”", """), ("”", """)):
+        s = s.replace(old, new)
+
+    root = ET.fromstring(s)
 
     for node in root.iter("section"):
         if "id" in node.attrib: