>Number:         19822
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /bin/sh does not work on archs where char == unsigned char and LC_CTYPE is set
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 12 11:46:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Martin Husemann
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6L
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD night-porter.duskware.de 1.6L NetBSD 1.6L (PORTER) #0: Sat Jan 4 12:45:09 CET 2003 martin@insomnia.duskware.de:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PORTER i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386

You need a machine arch where char == unsigned char or uncomment the "XXX - for
testing only" part of bin/sh/Makefile

>Description:

Since sometime in the last month or so /bin/sh fails for me on arm. There have
been other reports, which I guess where on macppc. Two easy test cases
are "/etc/rc.d/ntpd status" and "send-pr", but a lot of other scripts fail
with running out of memory too.

The error only occurs if LC_CTYPE is set:

# send-pr
send-pr: problem report not filled out, therefore not sent
# env LC_CTYPE=de_DE.ISO8859-15 send-pr
/usr/bin/send-pr: Out of space

>How-To-Repeat:
s/a
>Fix:
n/a
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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