GNU bug report logs - #79300
fold-nbsp test failure

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From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 79300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#79300: fold-nbsp test failure
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:41:33 -0700

Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org> writes:

> Collin Funk wrote:
>> My initial idea was to check if U+2007 FIGURE SPACE and U+00A0 NO-BREAK
>> SPACE are blank using grep. But apparently Solaris grep does not handle
>> multibyte characters. Therefore, FIGURE SPACE cannot be checked. :(
>
> I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing. I reported the test
> failure from the fold-nbsp test, as committed in git. It does not use
> 'grep'. It uses 'compare' (from tests/init.sh).

Sorry, should have been more clear.

I was trying to think of a workaround, i.e. check if U+2007 is
considered blank or not. And then decide if the test should be skipped.

Collin

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