Bug 71689

Summary:	diffutils-2.8.4-r4 is utf-8 aware
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	S.Caglar Onur <caglar>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	utf8 herd (RETIRED) <utf8>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	base-system
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/diffutils.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	diffutils-2.8.4-i18n.patch test1 test2 diffutils-2.8.7-i18n.patch diffutils-2.8.7.ebuild.patch

Description S.Caglar Onur 2004-11-18 12:01:18 UTC

diffutils-2.8.4-r4 is not working with utf-8 locales

Comment 1 S.Caglar Onur 2004-11-18 12:05:08 UTC

Created attachment 44241 [details, diff]
diffutils-2.8.4-i18n.patch

This patch is from mandrake. It solves lots of utf-8 problem but it doesnt work
with tr_TR.UTF-8 locale because of our i/I problem.

Full story can be found on http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/turkish-i18n.html,
"Turkish Case Mappings and Case-Insensitivity" section :)

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-12-16 21:37:04 UTC

is a patch still needed for 2.8.7 ?

Comment 3 S.Caglar Onur 2004-12-16 23:10:23 UTC

Same situation for diffutils-2.8.7, sample output;

$ diff -iu test1 test2
--- test1       2004-12-17 09:06:46.584342568 +0200
+++ test2       2004-12-17 09:07:14.457105264 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-

Comment 4 S.Caglar Onur 2004-12-16 23:10:23 UTC

Same situation for diffutils-2.8.7, sample output;

$ diff -iu test1 test2
--- test1       2004-12-17 09:06:46.584342568 +0200
+++ test2       2004-12-17 09:07:14.457105264 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-ça&#287;lar onur
-bar&#305;&#351; metin
-gürer özen
+ÇA&#286;LAR ONUR
+BARI&#350; MET&#304;N
+GÜRER ÖZEN
 murat eren

$ diff --version
diff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.7
Written by Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes,
Richard Stallman, and Len Tower.

Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Comment 5 S.Caglar Onur 2004-12-16 23:10:47 UTC

Created attachment 46193 [details]
test1

Comment 6 S.Caglar Onur 2004-12-16 23:11:02 UTC

Created attachment 46194 [details]
test2

Comment 7 S.Caglar Onur 2004-12-16 23:11:59 UTC

Attached test1 and test2 files are same in tr_TR.UTF-8 locale.

Comment 8 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-12-16 23:14:58 UTC

can you attach an updated patch then for 2.8.7 ?

Comment 9 S.Caglar Onur 2004-12-17 14:30:59 UTC

Created attachment 46237 [details, diff]
diffutils-2.8.7-i18n.patch

New version of patch as requested...

Comment 10 S.Caglar Onur 2004-12-17 14:31:40 UTC

Created attachment 46238 [details, diff]
diffutils-2.8.7.ebuild.patch

Comment 11 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-01-03 19:43:04 UTC

fixed in 2.8.7-r1, thanks !