reassign 220657 xlibs-static-dev retitle 220657 xlibs-static-dev: libxf86config:xf86writeConfigFile() writes localized output (decimal separator) when it shouldn't tag 220657 + upstream thanks On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 11:03:05PM +0200, Nikolaus Schulz wrote: > Hello dear developers, > > this i18n bug should be a trivial fix. > > However, looking at the code, it seems an issue of libxf86config, as > mgapdesk calls xf86writeConfigFile(). > > libxf86config is part of the package xlibs-static-dev. This library > surprisingly isn't beware of incompatible locales. IMO it should enforce > a conforming locale/LC_NUMERIC for its fprintf() calls. > > doWriteConfigFile() in the parser's write.c seems the right point to fix > this. > > How to reproduce: > For example, LC_NUMERIC=de_DE triggers the bug: the floats are written > with commas, which invalidates the configuration file. Thanks a lot for the diagnosis! Manipulating this bug accordingly. Would anyone on -x like to get their feet wet with a patch? -- G. Branden Robinson | Men use thought only to justify Debian GNU/Linux | their wrong doings, and speech only branden@debian.org | to conceal their thoughts. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Voltaire
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