Re: Bug report (as s/w requests).

[Jim Meyering]

Hugh Sasse <address@hidden> wrote:
...
>> Would you please run this (from the top level):
>>
>>   make && env LC_ALL=C make -C tests/dd check TESTS=skip-seek
>>
>> If that succeeds, then we'll know that the problem is locale-related,
>> making dd's use of ngettext malfunction.

Did you try the above?

>> If the above still fails, then please run this variant, which will
>> show, among other things, the output of running `dd --version':
>>
>>   make && \
>>     env LC_ALL=C VERBOSE=yes DEBUG=yes make -C tests/dd check TESTS=skip-seek
>>
>> Please make sure that the version information corresponds to
>> the version of the package that you're building.  I get this,
>> since I'm building the latest from cvs:
>>
>>   make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/cu/tests/dd'
>>   dd (coreutils) 6.0-cvs
>
> Yes, it does.  See attached.
>
> I've not CC'd the list this time as my other response may well suffice.
> By all means include the list in a reply.

Then maybe your version of ngettext is malfunctioning.
One way to test this is to build with `./configure --disable-nls',
recompile and see if the problem persists.

If that still doesn't help, ...
apply this patch to dd.c:

Index: dd.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/dd.c,v
retrieving revision 1.192
diff -u -p -r1.192 dd.c
--- dd.c        8 Mar 2006 18:57:39 -0000       1.192
+++ dd.c        22 Mar 2006 13:55:52 -0000
@@ -547,11 +547,12 @@ print_stats (void)
           r_full, r_partial, w_full, w_partial);
 
   if (r_truncate != 0)
-    fprintf (stderr,
-            ngettext ("1 truncated record\n",
-                      "%"PRIuMAX" truncated records\n",
-                      MIN (r_truncate, ULONG_MAX)),
-            r_truncate);
+    {
+      char const *fmt = ngettext ("1 truncated record\n",
+                                 "%"PRIuMAX" truncated records\n",
+                                 MIN (r_truncate, ULONG_MAX));
+      fprintf (stderr, fmt, r_truncate);
+    }
 
   if (status_flags & STATUS_NOXFER)
     return;

Create an input file:

  printf '01234567\nabcdefghijkl\n' > in

Then compile it for debugging (make CFLAGS=-g LDFLAGS= dd),
and debug it:

gdb dd
b print_stats
r ibs=10 cbs=10 conv=block < in > out

then type `n' (aka next) 5 times, which will put you just after
this line:

  551           char const *fmt = ngettext ("1 truncated record\n",
  (gdb) 

Then give the command to print the value of the `fmt' variable.
Here's what I get:

  (gdb) p fmt
  $1 = 0x4080b8 "1 truncated record\n"