At 07:02 PM 5/17/2005, you wrote: >> >In other words, unless someone submits a patch to cygwin with a compliant >> strcoll, you are stuck with non-locale sorts on cygwin. >> >> >> Don't you mean that newlib is the one that requires the patch? > >Either place would work, but the philosophy of newlib is that it is for >embedded systems, and my understanding is that Jeff does not want >to add locale support to newlib any time soon. A cygwin-local replacement >for strcoll would not affect any other newlib targets. But regardless of >whether it is newlib or cygwin that is patched, ><http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI>!
I figured that was the case but thought I should ask for clarification. :-) Thanks, -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/