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bug #27422: [PATCH] Fix backquotes in output (I18n issue)

Submitter:  Jari Aalto <jaalto>
Submitted:  Fri 11 Sep 2009 08:24:25 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Core Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  Incorrect behaviour Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  gbranden
Open/Closed:  Closed Planned Release:  1.22.4
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Sat 25 Jul 2020 07:05:31 AM UTC, comment #4: 

Fixed in previous release as noted by me.

I think I didn't close it at the time because I was thinking fixes in not-yet-released versions of groff might stay open (with status "Fixed") to be easier to find by users who encounter the same problem in the currently-released version.  That is not the practice we've ended up adopting, however.

G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
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Fri 24 Nov 2017 06:49:35 AM UTC, comment #3: 

This was fixed in:


commit 682a257d87870308ae289a57bd57d778cc991aee
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Nov 9 17:31:13 2017 -0500


as part of a broader initiative. See <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52374>.

G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
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Fri 24 Nov 2017 12:06:08 AM UTC, comment #2: 

  This has been fixed.
The report can thus be closed.

Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Sat 12 Sep 2009 05:51:38 AM UTC, comment #1: 
Jari Aalto <jaalto>
Fri 11 Sep 2009 08:24:25 AM UTC, original submission:  

The current src/libs/libgroff/getopt.c displays messages using the `backtick' (US) syntax which is problematic.

- Copy/paste output/piping in shell is difficult because
  backtick is a reserved shell metacharacter.
- The convention is not in use internationally.

SOLUTION - getop.c

Please update the copy of getopt.c from glibc project, that uses straight single quotes to fix this I18n issue. The latest code is at:

   git clone git://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git
   posix/getop.c

SOLUTION - other files

See patches below that fix the backtick issue in othe *.c file.
The patches are against the latest CVS groff sources as of 2009-09-11

NOTES

I wasn't sure to which part of CVS tree to make changes, so
I prefered the src/ dir over groff/src/ for patches.

RELATED

The problem of backquote output in groff is relataed e.g. to bug
http://bugs.debian.org/541147

Jari Aalto <jaalto>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2020-07-25 gbranden Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Planned ReleaseNone 1.22.4
    2017-11-24 gbranden CategoryNone Core
        Item GroupNone Incorrect behaviour
        StatusNone Fixed
        Assigned toNone gbranden
    2009-09-11 jaalto Attached File- Added 0001-src-libs-libgroff-getopt1.c-Change-backtick-quotes-t.patch, #18696
        Attached File- Added 0001-src-devices-xditview-device.c-Change-backtick-quotes.patch, #18697

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