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commit 92fa8c7f64fbcd56396a7230e8d17c75d9d29dbc
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Dec 2 16:15:06 2024 -0600
[hdbtl]: Guard against Solaris tr(1) brain damage.
* contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_n.in:
* contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_x.in: Guard against substandard tr(1)
implementation on Solaris 10 by forcing locale to "C" when using a
POSIX regular expression character class.
* HACKING: Document this land mine.
---
HACKING | 2 ++
contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_n.in | 4 +++-
contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_x.in | 4 +++-
4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 49a815884..9a2118a11 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ Here are some portability notes on writing automated tests.
};
}
+* Solaris 10 tr exits with an error if you try to use a POSIX character
+ class (such as "[:cntrl:]") in any locale but "C".
Updating gnulib
---------------
diff --git a/contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog b/contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog
index 4a272c74b..ee260d9ec 100644
--- a/contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/hdtbl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2024-12-02 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * examples/fonts_n.in:
+ * examples/fonts_x.in: Guard against substandard tr(1)
+ implementation on Solaris 10 by forcing locale to "C" when using
+ a POSIX regular expression character class.
+
2024-11-27 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
Fix Savannah #66479 (1b/2).
diff --git a/contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_n.in
b/contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_n.in
index d2d2d8263..7c7408714 100644
--- a/contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_n.in
+++ b/contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_n.in
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ along with this program. If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
. el \
. ds *args \\n[.fn]
.
+.\" Solaris 10 `tr` barfs if POSIX character classes are used in a
+.\" locale other than "C".
. pso sh -c \
"printf '%s' '.ds *f ' ; \
ls \\*[fontpath]/dev\*[.T] \
- | tr '[:cntrl:]' '[ *]'; \
+ | env LC_ALL=C tr '[:cntrl:]' '[ *]'; \
echo"
.
. while !"\\*[*args]"" \{\
diff --git a/contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_x.in
b/contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_x.in
index 45ff81afc..93ea80ec6 100644
--- a/contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_x.in
+++ b/contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_x.in
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ along with this program. If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
. el \
. ds *args \\n[.fn]
.
+.\" Solaris 10 `tr` barfs if POSIX character classes are used in a
+.\" locale other than "C".
. pso sh -c \
"printf '%s' '.ds *f ' ; \
ls \\*[fontpath]/dev\*[.T] \
- | tr '[:cntrl:]' '[ *]'; \
+ | env LC_ALL=C tr '[:cntrl:]' '[ *]'; \
echo"
.
. while !"\\*[*args]"" \{\
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