>> libtext-csv-perl 1.33-2 and libtext-csv-xs-perl is not installed.
>> I'll do some futher diagnosis and poking around.
>> — [[Jon]]
+>>
+>> OK: issue exists with oldstable/Stretch, and is seemingly fixed in stable/Buster.
+>> `libcsv-text-xs-perl` doesn't seem to matter (presence or absence doesn't change
+>> the bug). Upgrading just `libtext-csv-perl` on a Stretch host with Buster's
+>> 1.99-1 is not sufficent to fix it. As per the error, I think libperl5 might be
+>> relevant, i.e. bug present in 5.24.1-3+deb9u5 and fixed by 5.28.1-6.
+>>
+>> EDIT: yes indeed merely upgrading to libperl5.28=5.28.1-6 in stretch fixes the
+>> issue.
+>> — [[Jon]]
+>>
+>> Post Buster-upgrade, and it's *still* broken on my webhost, which shows
+>> `[\[!table Error: Wide character at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.28/Encode.pm line 296.]]`
+>> with libperl5.28:amd64 5.28.1-6, libtext-csv-perl 1.99-1 and
+>> libtext-csv-xs-perl 1.38-1. Further fiddling will commence.
+>> (removing libtext-csv-xs-perl does not help.)
+— [[Jon]]
+
+>>> Still hitting this [[plugins/table]] bug, using ikiwiki=3.20200202.3, buster system, no libtext-csv-perl installed,
+>>> libperl5.28:amd64 5.28.1-6, no libtext-csv-xs-perl. Workaround is to set format=tsv,
+>>> even though I'm overriding the delimiter to \t. This reproduces easily in the quay.io/jdowland/opinionated-ikiwiki
+>>> container FWIW. *— [[Jon]], 2020-06-26*