>Number:         1861
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       message catalog databases not machine independant
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 27 19:35:07 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     J.T. Conklin
>Organization:
	
>Release:        1.1
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD pain.lcs.mit.edu 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (PAIN) #0: Sat Oct 7 08:07:40 EDT 1995 mycroft@pain.lcs.mit.edu:/a/users/mycroft/sys/arch/i386/compile/PAIN i386


>Description:
The format of the message catalog databases is not byte order independant; 
plus it is also much more complex than it needs to be.

>How-To-Repeat:
Share /usr/share/nls between big and little endian hosts.

>Fix:
I have code for catopen/catgets/catclose with a Solaris like message
catalog format (very simple, can be mmaped in, etc.) but don't have
the changes for gencat.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: