I contacted the tcsh-bug mailing list. Here's a reply from Jean-Luc Leger: > ok I have been tracking the problem to the function rt_mbtowc in tc.str.c > In tcsh 6.17.01, a call to mbtowc() in this function has been replaced by a > call to > mbrtowc(). > On my system, those functions behave differently when called with an empty > input string : > - mbtowc() resets the output string to \0 > - mbrtowc() leaves the output string as it is.
> So, the patch should probably reset the output string to \0 before calling > mbrtowc() > or test the return value (= 0) and then reset the output string. I hope to get a patch from him, that I can test. -- regards Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
