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Re: make tests: Locale and whitespaces, ENHANCEMENT
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: make tests: Locale and whitespaces, ENHANCEMENT |
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Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:49:24 -0400 |
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On 6/29/15 7:44 PM, Eduardo A. Bustamante López wrote:
> Using LC_ALL=C here is just like hiding your head in the dirt and pretending
> nothing is wrong. If the tests break with non-C locales, it means that bash
> doesn't compile correctly under that system, and that's worth investigating.
That't not what he's saying. He's saying -- correctly -- that different
locales produce different localized error messages (e.g., "command not
found") and that produces output. The majority of those tests can set
LC_ALL=C without affecting correctness.
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