Bug#245836: nl_langinfo

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

tags 245836 confirmed fixed-upstream
thanks

At Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:58:59 -0400,
Justin Pryzby wrote:
> Actually, libc6 is correctly returning "" when its passed a bogus
> parameter.
> 
> However, when its passed good input, it returns NULL.  All returns from
> the function are of "", except for this one:
> 
> 	return (char *)data->values[index].string;
> 
> So, apparently string is never initialized.  Is documentation missing a
> "you must call this init function" maybe?

No, this is glibc's bug.  Under LANG=C, the initial nl_langinfo(ERA)
table is NULL, not "".   It's fixed at the latest cvs.

Regards,
-- gotom