reassign 644270 manpages-dev 3.32-0.2 retitle 644270 strcoll(3): please make locale(5) easier to find severity 644270 wishlist
Hi, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > strcoll(3) explains that: > >> The strcoll() function compares the two strings s1 and s2. It returns an >> integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if s1 is found, >> respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than s2. The >> comparison is based on strings interpreted as appropriate for the >> program's current locale for category LC_COLLATE. (See setlocale(3).) > > Unfortunately, it seems the way collation happens depending on the > LC_COLLATE locale is unspecified. I couldn't find any description, even > upstream. The strcoll(3) manpage is from manpages-dev, not eglibc. Anyway, the behavior is as described in POSIX[1]. Clarifying text welcome. Hope that helps, Jonathan [1] http://www.unix.org/2008edition/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-glibc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111004193750.GA28592@elie
