Bug#187630: libc6: localedef uses . in its input path

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

At Fri, 4 Apr 2003 20:13:46 +0200,
Denis Barbier wrote:
> I encountered a strange error when generating locales:
>    i18n:1: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section
>    i18n:3: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section
> 
> The reason was that a file called i18n was present in current working
> directory, and was used by localedef.  AFAICT this is not mentioned
> in libc6 documentation.  IMO there is no reason to search for input
> files in '.', '-i .' can be used if needed.
> Another option would be to display the full path
>    ./i18n:1: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section
>    ./i18n:3: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section
> in order to make this error message more explanatory.

Could you tell me example in detail?  I put "i18n" in the current
working dir, but not appeared such messages.

Regards,
-- gotom