1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm
index 9e91daa25ad..77f2290e442 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm
@@ -425,6 +425,22 @@ sub as_json {
   require JSON;
   #my $json = JSON::PP->new->utf8;
   my %foo = %{$self};
+  # make sure numbers are encoded as numbers
+  for my $k (qw/revision runsize docsize srcsize containersize
+                srccontainersize doccontainersize runcontainersize/) {
+    $foo{$k} += 0 if exists($foo{$k});
+  }
+  for my $k (keys %{$foo{'binsize'}}) {
+    $foo{'binsize'}{$k} += 0;
+  }
+  # encode boolean as boolean flags
+  if (exists($foo{'relocated'})) {
+    if ($foo{'relocated'}) {
+      $foo{'relocated'} = $JSON::true;
+    } else {
+      $foo{'relocated'} = $JSON::false;
+    }
+  }
   my $utf8_encoded_json_text = JSON::encode_json(\%foo); #  $json->encode(\%foo);
   return $utf8_encoded_json_text;
 }