reassign 205255 xlibs retitle 205255 xlibs: [libX11] XcmsLRGB_RGBi_ParseString() uses sscanf() to parse floats but is not locale-aware tag 205255 = upstream severity 205255 normal thanks Thanks for your analysis, Thomas. On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 03:48:56PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > Debian Bug report logs - [1]#205255 > > xterm: fails on intensity specifications rgbi:<r/g/b> > > This fails because of the X11 library rather than xterm. > > I considered whether it was due to delaying the lookup of colors (and possibly > using a different method), but restoring the "original" way resources were > found, there's no change (so I'm certain that it is not due to a change in > xterm). However, I am not able to see where X11 has changed either. > > Reading through Xlib I see the issue is that in de_DE locale, a "," is used for > a decimal separator rather than ".". The XcmsLRGB_RGBi_ParseString() function > uses sscanf, which (given the locale) expects a comma. That particular part > of the code hasn't changed since XFree86 3.3.6. The available documentation > does not mention whether this string should be interpreted in a locale-specific > manner, only an oblique reference to its character set. > > >xterm does not recognise intensity specifications like > > > > XTerm*VT100*color1: rgbi:0.4/0.0/0.0 > > > >Error message: > > > > xterm: Cannot allocate color rgbi:0.4/0.0/0.0 > > > >It did definitively work in earlier versions. > > more information about the earlier versions would be helpful, but in any > case this bug is not related to xterm. -- G. Branden Robinson | The first thing the communists do Debian GNU/Linux | when they take over a country is to branden@debian.org | outlaw cockfighting. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Oklahoma State Senator John Monks
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