> NetBSD-current locale system.  I just built perl (using the package
> system (which is great, btw! :)) and whenever I run it, I get this:

look in /usr/share/locale and see what you can find :-(

Here's something I hacked together just now (pasting in various libc
files) which may do what you want for iso8859-1.  If this looks
near-OK maybe it could be cleaned up and included somewhere in
/usr/src/share?

  -arnej

/* NB: Copyrights trimmed */

#include <sys/cdefs.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#define _CTYPE_PRIVATE
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#if EOF != -1
#error "EOF != -1"
#endif

unsigned char iso_ctype_[1 + _CTYPE_NUM_CHARS] = {
	0,
/* std ascii: */
	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,
	_C,	_C|_S,	_C|_S,	_C|_S,	_C|_S,	_C|_S,	_C,	_C,
	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,
	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,
	_S|_B,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,
	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,
	_N,	_N,	_N,	_N,	_N,	_N,	_N,	_N,
	_N,	_N,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,
	_P,	_U|_X,	_U|_X,	_U|_X,	_U|_X,	_U|_X,	_U|_X,	_U,
	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,
	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,
	_U,	_U,	_U,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,
	_P,	_L|_X,	_L|_X,	_L|_X,	_L|_X,	_L|_X,	_L|_X,	_L,
	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,
	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,
	_L,	_L,	_L,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_C,
/* upper iso: */
	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,
	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,
	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,
	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,	_C,
	_S|_B,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,
	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,
	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,
	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,	_P,
	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,
	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,
	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_P,
	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_U,	_L,
	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,
	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,
	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_P,
	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L,	_L
};

short iso_tolower_[1 + 256] = {
	EOF,
	0x00,	0x01,	0x02,	0x03,	0x04,	0x05,	0x06,	0x07,
	0x08,	0x09,	0x0a,	0x0b,	0x0c,	0x0d,	0x0e,	0x0f,
	0x10,	0x11,	0x12,	0x13,	0x14,	0x15,	0x16,	0x17,
	0x18,	0x19,	0x1a,	0x1b,	0x1c,	0x1d,	0x1e,	0x1f,
	0x20,	0x21,	0x22,	0x23,	0x24,	0x25,	0x26,	0x27,
	0x28,	0x29,	0x2a,	0x2b,	0x2c,	0x2d,	0x2e,	0x2f,
	0x30,	0x31,	0x32,	0x33,	0x34,	0x35,	0x36,	0x37,
	0x38,	0x39,	0x3a,	0x3b,	0x3c,	0x3d,	0x3e,	0x3f,
	0x40,	'a',	'b',	'c',	'd',	'e',	'f',	'g',
	'h',	'i',	'j',	'k',	'l',	'm',	'n',	'o',
	'p',	'q',	'r',	's',	't',	'u',	'v',	'w',
	'x',	'y',	'z',	0x5b,	0x5c,	0x5d,	0x5e,	0x5f,
	0x60,	0x61,	0x62,	0x63,	0x64,	0x65,	0x66,	0x67,
	0x68,	0x69,	0x6a,	0x6b,	0x6c,	0x6d,	0x6e,	0x6f,
	0x70,	0x71,	0x72,	0x73,	0x74,	0x75,	0x76,	0x77,
	0x78,	0x79,	0x7a,	0x7b,	0x7c,	0x7d,	0x7e,	0x7f,
	0x80,	0x81,	0x82,	0x83,	0x84,	0x85,	0x86,	0x87,
	0x88,	0x89,	0x8a,	0x8b,	0x8c,	0x8d,	0x8e,	0x8f,
	0x90,	0x91,	0x92,	0x93,	0x94,	0x95,	0x96,	0x97,
	0x98,	0x99,	0x9a,	0x9b,	0x9c,	0x9d,	0x9e,	0x9f,
	0xa0,	0xa1,	0xa2,	0xa3,	0xa4,	0xa5,	0xa6,	0xa7,
	0xa8,	0xa9,	0xaa,	0xab,	0xac,	0xad,	0xae,	0xaf,
	0xb0,	0xb1,	0xb2,	0xb3,	0xb4,	0xb5,	0xb6,	0xb7,
	0xb8,	0xb9,	0xba,	0xbb,	0xbc,	0xbd,	0xbe,	0xbf,
/* uppercase letters except d7 and df */
	0xe0,	0xe1,	0xe2,	0xe3,	0xe4,	0xe5,	0xe6,	0xe7,
	0xe8,	0xe9,	0xea,	0xeb,	0xec,	0xed,	0xee,	0xef,
	0xf0,	0xf1,	0xf2,	0xf3,	0xf4,	0xf5,	0xf6,	0xd7,
	0xf8,	0xf9,	0xfa,	0xfb,	0xfc,	0xfd,	0xfe,	0xdf,
/* lowercase letters except f7 */
	0xe0,	0xe1,	0xe2,	0xe3,	0xe4,	0xe5,	0xe6,	0xe7,
	0xe8,	0xe9,	0xea,	0xeb,	0xec,	0xed,	0xee,	0xef,
	0xf0,	0xf1,	0xf2,	0xf3,	0xf4,	0xf5,	0xf6,	0xf7,
	0xf8,	0xf9,	0xfa,	0xfb,	0xfc,	0xfd,	0xfe,	0xff
};

short iso_toupper_[1 + 256] = {
	EOF,
	0x00,	0x01,	0x02,	0x03,	0x04,	0x05,	0x06,	0x07,
	0x08,	0x09,	0x0a,	0x0b,	0x0c,	0x0d,	0x0e,	0x0f,
	0x10,	0x11,	0x12,	0x13,	0x14,	0x15,	0x16,	0x17,
	0x18,	0x19,	0x1a,	0x1b,	0x1c,	0x1d,	0x1e,	0x1f,
	0x20,	0x21,	0x22,	0x23,	0x24,	0x25,	0x26,	0x27,
	0x28,	0x29,	0x2a,	0x2b,	0x2c,	0x2d,	0x2e,	0x2f,
	0x30,	0x31,	0x32,	0x33,	0x34,	0x35,	0x36,	0x37,
	0x38,	0x39,	0x3a,	0x3b,	0x3c,	0x3d,	0x3e,	0x3f,
	0x40,	0x41,	0x42,	0x43,	0x44,	0x45,	0x46,	0x47,
	0x48,	0x49,	0x4a,	0x4b,	0x4c,	0x4d,	0x4e,	0x4f,
	0x50,	0x51,	0x52,	0x53,	0x54,	0x55,	0x56,	0x57,
	0x58,	0x59,	0x5a,	0x5b,	0x5c,	0x5d,	0x5e,	0x5f,
	0x60,	'A',	'B',	'C',	'D',	'E',	'F',	'G',
	'H',	'I',	'J',	'K',	'L',	'M',	'N',	'O',
	'P',	'Q',	'R',	'S',	'T',	'U',	'V',	'W',
	'X',	'Y',	'Z',	0x7b,	0x7c,	0x7d,	0x7e,	0x7f,
	0x80,	0x81,	0x82,	0x83,	0x84,	0x85,	0x86,	0x87,
	0x88,	0x89,	0x8a,	0x8b,	0x8c,	0x8d,	0x8e,	0x8f,
	0x90,	0x91,	0x92,	0x93,	0x94,	0x95,	0x96,	0x97,
	0x98,	0x99,	0x9a,	0x9b,	0x9c,	0x9d,	0x9e,	0x9f,
	0xa0,	0xa1,	0xa2,	0xa3,	0xa4,	0xa5,	0xa6,	0xa7,
	0xa8,	0xa9,	0xaa,	0xab,	0xac,	0xad,	0xae,	0xaf,
	0xb0,	0xb1,	0xb2,	0xb3,	0xb4,	0xb5,	0xb6,	0xb7,
	0xb8,	0xb9,	0xba,	0xbb,	0xbc,	0xbd,	0xbe,	0xbf,
	0xc0,	0xc1,	0xc2,	0xc3,	0xc4,	0xc5,	0xc6,	0xc7,
	0xc8,	0xc9,	0xca,	0xcb,	0xcc,	0xcd,	0xce,	0xcf,
	0xd0,	0xd1,	0xd2,	0xd3,	0xd4,	0xd5,	0xd6,	0xd7,
/* note lowercase ss ligature (0xdf) has no uppercase equivalent */
	0xd8,	0xd9,	0xda,	0xdb,	0xdc,	0xdd,	0xde,	0xdf,
/* lowercase in iso 8859-1 */
	0xc0,	0xc1,	0xc2,	0xc3,	0xc4,	0xc5,	0xc6,	0xc7,
	0xc8,	0xc9,	0xca,	0xcb,	0xcc,	0xcd,	0xce,	0xcf,
/* note 0xf7 is not a lowercase letter, but "division sign" (?) */
	0xd0,	0xd1,	0xd2,	0xd3,	0xd4,	0xd5,	0xd6,	0xf7,
/* note lowercase ij ligature (0xff) has no uppercase equivalent */
	0xd8,	0xd9,	0xda,	0xdb,	0xdc,	0xdd,	0xde,	0xff
};

int main(void)
{
	int i;

        _ctype_ = iso_ctype_;
        _toupper_tab_ = iso_toupper_;
        _tolower_tab_ = iso_tolower_;

	printf("numchars: %d\n", _CTYPE_NUM_CHARS);
	for (i=0; i<256; i++) {
		printf("%3d: print %d cntrl %d digit %d punct %d "
			"lower %d upper %d",
			i,
			!!isprint(i), !!iscntrl(i), !!isdigit(i),
			!!ispunct(i), !!islower(i), !!isupper(i));
		if (isprint(i))
			printf("  (%c -> %c %c)\n", i, toupper(i), tolower(i));
		else
			printf("\n");
	}


	__savectype("/usr/share/locale/iso_8859_1/LC_CTYPE",
		    iso_ctype_, iso_toupper_, iso_tolower_);
	return 0;
}