Hi Paul, > > Can someone please deal with this? Simon? Akim? Berny? Not always me :-) > > Something like the attached patch perhaps? (I haven't tested or > installed it.)
Thanks for working on this. Yes, this will revert the ill effects on "make" and "make check". > --- a/build-aux/gendocs.sh > +++ b/build-aux/gendocs.sh > @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ scriptversion=2021-01-01.00 > # - images are not imported in the source tarball. All the needed > # formats (PDF, PNG, etc.) should be included. > > +export LC_ALL=C > + > prog=`basename "$0"` > srcdir=`pwd` To make it work in other shells than bash-compatible shells, I think it's better to write LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL > --- a/build-aux/gnu-web-doc-update > +++ b/build-aux/gnu-web-doc-update > @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ VERSION=2021-01-09.09; # UTC > # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > # along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > > +export LC_ALL=C > + > ME=$(basename "$0") > warn() { printf '%s: %s\n' "$ME" "$*" >&2; } > die() { warn "$*"; exit 1; } Likewise. > --- a/build-aux/vc-list-files > +++ b/build-aux/vc-list-files > @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ scriptversion=2018-03-07.03; # UTC > # If there's an argument, it must be a single, "."-relative directory name. > # cvsu is part of the cvsutils package: https://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/ > > +export LC_ALL=C > + > postprocess= > case $1 in > --help) cat <<EOF Likewise. Similarly in many places of maint.mk. > @@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ ifeq ($(VC),$(GIT)) > this-vc-tag = v$(VERSION) > this-vc-tag-regexp = v$(VERSION_REGEXP) > else > - tag-package = $(shell echo "$(PACKAGE)" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]') > + tag-package = $(shell export LC_ALL=C; \ > + echo "$(PACKAGE)" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]') > tag-this-version = $(subst .,_,$(VERSION)) > this-vc-tag = $(tag-package)-$(tag-this-version) > this-vc-tag-regexp = $(this-vc-tag) Since 'echo' is not locale dependent, it's easier to write this as tag-package = $(shell echo "$(PACKAGE)" | LC_ALL=C tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]') > @@ -1652,6 +1669,7 @@ update-copyright-env ?= > # in the file .x-update-copyright. > .PHONY: update-copyright > update-copyright: > + export LC_ALL=C; \ > $(AM_V_GEN)$(GREP) -l -w Copyright \ > $$(export VC_LIST_EXCEPT_DEFAULT=COPYING && $(VC_LIST_EXCEPT)) \ > | $(update-copyright-env) xargs $(srcdir)/$(_build-aux)/$@ The $(AM_V_GEN) is the thing that turns off verbosity. Therefore the added statement should go after it, not before it. > diff --git a/build-aux/gnupload b/build-aux/gnupload > index e7822aed7..f70fe330a 100755 > --- a/build-aux/gnupload > +++ b/build-aux/gnupload > @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ scriptversion=2021-04-11.09; # UTC > # The master copy of this file is maintained in the gnulib Git repository. > # Please send bug reports and feature requests to bug-gnulib@gnu.org. > > +export LC_ALL=C > set -e > > GPG=gpg gnupload works fine in non-English locales. (I use it occasionally in German locale.) Therefore this part can be omitted. Bruno
