GNU bug report logs - #29946
no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>

Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 17:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>,
 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message
 whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 14:54:15 +0000

On 03/01/18 04:16, Paul Eggert wrote:
> +        case 'A':
> +          /* Undocumented option, for compatibility with AIX.  */
> +          setlocale (LC_COLLATE, "C");
> +          setlocale (LC_CTYPE, "C");
> +          break;

I'm ok with this as it's undocumented.

Thanks for doing this.

Pádraig
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