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> Le 25 août 2011 à 14:17, Chet Ramey a écrit :
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> >> so, wcwidth is apple's responsibility, then no libre-software developer
> >> can do anything,
> >> Am I right ?
> >
> > To a certain extent, yes. wcwidth is a libc function, and it has a bug
> > on Mac OS X.
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> Well, libc is a part of linux, isn't it ?
Sure, Linux has a libc, but Mac OS X isn't Linux.
> Does that mean that it is a part of Darwin, not of proprietary layers of Mac
> OS X ?
Yes, I'm sure that part of the C library is part of Darwin. It's theoretically
possible to fix it and send the fix back to Apple. What they do with that fix
is their business, of course.
> (How can I know when it will be available ?)
I can put you in the testing pool, if you'd like.
Chet
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