--- /usr/share/cvsspam/cvsspam.rb~	2009-03-05 01:26:16.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/share/cvsspam/cvsspam.rb	2009-03-05 01:48:46.419779119 +0200
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@
         @lineJustDeleted = nil
       end
       shift(initial)
-      if prefixLen==1 && suffixLen==0 || addInfixSize<=0 || oversize_change
+      if multibyte_encoding? || prefixLen==1 && suffixLen==0 || addInfixSize<=0 || oversize_change
         encoded = htmlEncode(line)
       else
         encoded = htmlEncode(line[0,prefixLen]) +