GNU bug report logs - #19000
portability is hard: don't assume zh_CN.UTF-8 is installed

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Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 18:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: portability is hard: don't assume zh_CN.UTF-8 is installed
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 10:34:52 -0800

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While testing, I happened to use a system for which that locale was
not installed, and that made the word-multibyte test fail.

Here's the patch I'm about to push:

[0002-tests-do-not-fail-when-the-zh_CN.UTF-8-locale-is-not.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]
bug closed, send any further explanations to 19000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> Request was from Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 30 May 2015 20:05:10 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 28 Jun 2015 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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