Bug 200875

Summary:	[patch] net-analyzer/gnu-netcat-0.7.1-r1 incorrectly display glibc/perror() messages in locales other then C/POSIX
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Михаил <spike>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Netmon project <netmon>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1841947&group_id=52204&atid=466046
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	proposed patch

Description Михаил 2007-11-30 21:20:12 UTC

In russian locale, netcat error messages display as '???????'

Need to set LC_CTYPE along with LC_MESSAGES to correctly display messages in locales other then C/POSIX
Required for correct i18n support in glibc.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set non C/posix locale, for example: export LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
2. run netcat -u 127.0.0.1 <unused port>
3. enter any data into standart input
Actual Results:  
Display error message
read(net): ? ?????????? ????????

Expected Results:  
Display error message
read(net): В соединении отказано

Comment 1 Михаил 2007-11-30 21:23:36 UTC

Created attachment 137411 [details, diff]
proposed patch

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-05-26 01:55:36 UTC

Reported one and a half years ago. :)

Comment 3 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-07-26 22:43:08 UTC

Thanks for the patch. It's in -r3 along with a few minor improvements.