GNU bug report logs - #23269
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Package: grep;

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

Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, "Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe <at> math.utah.edu>, 23269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> twinsun.com>
Subject: bug#23269: MirBSD 10 i386 test failures [Re: grep-2.24.13-bed6 feedback
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 23:40:03 -0700
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Jim Meyering wrote:
> Conclusion: we'll have to make btowc work properly in the C locale, too.

Perhaps something like the attached (untested) patch? The basic idea is to have 
btowc and mbtowc use a fixed mbrtowc if the latter has the C-locale problem in 
question. While we're at it, btowc should invoke mbrtowc not mbtowc, as btowc is 
thread-safe but mbtowc is not.

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