coreutils tests failure

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

"make check" of coreutils-4.5.3 fails for me.
System details:
   Linux
   glibc 2.3
   perl 5.8.0
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

Making check in sum
make[2]: Entering directory `/packages/coreutils-4.5.3/tests/sum'
make  check-TESTS
make[3]: Entering directory `/packages/coreutils-4.5.3/tests/sum'
PASS: basic-1
out exp differieren: Byte 1, Zeile 1.
1c1
< 1798 65794
---
> 65535 32897
out exp differieren: Byte 2, Zeile 1.
1c1
< 2184 65794
---
> 254 32897
FAIL: sysv
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1 of 2 tests failed
Please report to address@hidden
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make[3]: *** [check-TESTS] Fehler 1

This also is due to the locale: with LC_ALL=C the test succeeds.

$ LC_ALL=C perl -e '$s = chr(255) x 65537; foreach (1..257) {print $s}' | hd
000000  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
*
$ perl -e '$s = chr(255) x 65537; foreach (1..257) {print $s}' | hd
000000  C3 BF C3 BF C3 BF C3 BF C3 BF C3 BF C3 BF C3 BF  ................
*

It seems that what you need is "use bytes;" - then your old-fashioned
perl proglets will also work in modern locales.

Bruno