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Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8 |
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Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:08:27 -0700 |
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Alas, I don't use OS X, or Mac OS X, or whatever it's called
these days, so I can't easily test any fix, and I'd like some
discussion if possible.
In January Bruno wrote that my proposed patch
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00319.html>
would break gettext-based i18n of GNU programs on OS X; see
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00342.html>.
In July Max Horn proposed a different patch, which he said is more logical
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-07/msg00097.html>.
Max's patch would set the codeset to be ASCII if
the codeset is UTF-8 but MB_CUR_MAX is 1. This seems like
it should do the trick, and shouldn't break any system
that isn't already broken.
Nobody has replied to Max's proposal, as far as I know.
Are there any objections if I install his July patch?
- Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8, Max Horn, 2012/09/06
- Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8,
Paul Eggert <=
- Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8, Jim Meyering, 2012/09/06
- Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8, Max Horn, 2012/09/06
- Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8, Paul Eggert, 2012/09/06
- Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8, Max Horn, 2012/09/07
- Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8, Max Horn, 2012/09/16
- Re: GNU sed version 4.2.1: on OS X, C locale gets aliased to UTF-8, Paul Eggert, 2012/09/16