Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org> writes: > > The verdict - the eucJP (and several other) charset is supported only if > > you have installed it in your version of Windows (newer versions have it > > installed automatically). On systems where they are installed, the > > mbrtowc function works. > > Fixing setlocale() to return info about whether the locale is actually > supported is perfect. With this, gnulib's autoconf tests probably don't > need to be modified.
Confirmed: Before today, with the tables uninstalled I saw this, with subsequent test failures during 'make check': checking for a traditional japanese locale... (cached) ja_JP.eucJP checking whether mbrtowc has a correct return value... no With today's patch to cygwin [1], and the tables uninstalled, I see this, with previous failures now treated as skip during 'make check': checking for a traditional japanese locale... (cached) none checking whether mbrtowc has a correct return value... guessing yes And with the tables installed (with or without today's cygwin patch), I see this, with new 'pass' during 'make check: checking for a traditional japanese locale... (cached) ja_JP.eucJP checking whether mbrtowc has a correct return value... yes [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-cvs/2009-q3/msg00058.html -- Eric Blake
