I saw that gfortran writes (at least sometimes) a localized run-time error message:
_gfortran_runtime_error (&"Attempt to allocate a negative amount of memory."[1]{lb: 1 sz: 1}); _gfortran_os_error (&"Memory allocation failed"[1]{lb: 1 sz: 1}); becomes then (LANG=de_DE.UTF-8): _gfortran_runtime_error (&"Versuch, einen negativen Betrag von Speicher zu r"[1]{lb: 1 sz: 1}); _gfortran_os_error (&"Speicherreservierung gesc"[1]{lb: 1 sz: 1}); The first string should be: "Versuch, einen negativen Betrag von Speicher zu reservieren." and the second "Speicherreservierung gescheitert" one sees that the strings are truncated. Expected: Either the localized message should not be truncated - or the English version of the string should be used throughout. -- Summary: Localization of run-time error messages, written into the executable Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: diagnostic Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34729