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00003031003.1(2008)/Issue 7System Interfacespublic2010-08-13 15:232013-04-16 13:06
Reportergeoffclare Assigned Toajosey  
PrioritynormalSeverityObjectionTypeError
Status ClosedResolutionAccepted 
NameGeoff Clare
OrganizationThe Open Group
User Reference
Sectionsetlocale
Page Number1868
Line Number59597
Interp Status---
Final Accepted Text
Summary0000303: setlocale() LC_MESSAGES description refers to commands and utilities
DescriptionThe description of LC_MESSAGES on the setlocale() page is:
    LC_MESSAGES  Affects what strings are expected by commands and
                 utilities as affirmative or negative responses.

                 [XSI]It also affects what strings are given by
                 commands and utilities as affirmative or negative
                 responses, and the content of messages.[/XSI]

The references to commands and utilities here make no sense.
The behaviour of utilities in this respect is governed by the
LC_MESSAGES environment variable; calling setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, ...)
in a C program has no effect on the behaviour of any utilities it
subsequently executes.
Desired ActionReplace the description of LC_MESSAGES with:
    LC_MESSAGES  Affects the affirmative and negative response expressions
                 returned by nl_langinfo() and the way message catalogs
                 are located.  It may also affect the behavior of
                 functions that return or write message strings.

(all within the CX shading; no XSI shading anywhere).

Add catopen(), perror() and psignal() to the SEE ALSO list on the
setlocale() page.
Tagstc1-2008

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-08-13 15:23 geoffclare New Issue
2010-08-13 15:23 geoffclare Status New => Under Review
2010-08-13 15:23 geoffclare Assigned To => ajosey
2010-08-13 15:23 geoffclare Name => Geoff Clare
2010-08-13 15:23 geoffclare Organization => The Open Group
2010-08-13 15:23 geoffclare Section => setlocale
2010-08-13 15:23 geoffclare Page Number => 1868
2010-08-13 15:23 geoffclare Line Number => 59597
2010-08-13 15:23 geoffclare Interp Status => ---
2010-09-09 16:23 Don Cragun Tag Attached: tc1-2008
2010-09-09 16:24 Don Cragun Resolution Open => Accepted
2010-09-20 11:43 Don Cragun Status Under Review => Resolved
2013-04-16 13:06 ajosey Status Resolved => Closed