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

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Message #41 received at 79300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 79300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bruno <at> clisp.org
Subject: Re: bug#79300: fold-nbsp test failure
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:04:40 -0700

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Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:

>> Thanks, I forgot about that function. That sounds like a good idea
>> to
>> me. We can be nice to people who do not use glibc.
>> We will have to hoist the 'posixly_correct' check out of it before
>> though. Technically POSIX says that 'fold -s' should only break at
>> <blank> characters. But I rather avoid adding more
>> getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT") to programs that do not yet have them.
>
> Yes I agree that fold should not depend on POSIXLY_CORRECT,
> so c32isnbspace() should only look at the passed char.

This patch should do the trick. It fixes it on Solaris 11.4 (cfarm215).
I couldn't reproduce the failure seen on the CI machines in my NetBSD 10
VM. But I see no reason why this fix wouldn't work there too.

Will push it tomorrow.

Collin

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