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authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2023-03-30 23:15:52 +0200
committerBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2023-03-30 23:15:52 +0200
commit8906a5101bf62b719ddafa376fd4e0805e35617b (patch)
tree5b48fc73a03cb708b948c700329da2b739ed3c45 /doc
parent63861afac8004becc3907993cd16b59a5bca5195 (diff)
downloadgnulib-8906a5101bf62b719ddafa376fd4e0805e35617b.tar.gz
mbsnrtowcs: Fix behaviour in the C locale.
* m4/mbsnrtowcs.m4 (gl_FUNC_MBSNRTOWCS): Invoke gl_MBRTOWC_C_LOCALE. If mbrtowc is buggy in the C locale, override also mbsnrtowcs. * modules/mbsnrtowcs (Files): Add m4/mbrtowc.m4. * tests/test-mbsnrtowcs.c (main): Add a test of the C locale, based on tests/test-mbsrtowcs.c. * tests/test-mbsnrtowcs5.sh: New file, based on tests/test-mbrtowc5.sh. * modules/mbsnrtowcs-tests (Files): Add it. (Makefile.am): Test it. * doc/posix-functions/mbsnrtowcs.texi: Mention the C locale behaviour bug.
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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/mbsnrtowcs.texi b/doc/posix-functions/mbsnrtowcs.texi
index c6defd2c20..3a420c673a 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/mbsnrtowcs.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/mbsnrtowcs.texi
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ FreeBSD 5.2.1, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris
@item
This function produces invalid wide characters on some platforms:
Solaris 11.4.
+@item
+In the C or POSIX locales, this function can return @code{(size_t) -1}
+and set @code{errno} to @code{EILSEQ}:
+glibc 2.35.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: