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Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 3/6] Implement the %OB specifier - alternative month names (bug 10871)

From: "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv at altlinux dot org>
To: Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak at lingonborough dot com>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:31:32 +0300
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 3/6] Implement the %OB specifier - alternative month names (bug 10871)
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On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 01:55:13AM +0100, Rafal Luzynski wrote:
[...]
> This means that all applications using %B to retrieve the month
> name standalone should use %OB from now.

Such applications as cal(1) would not be able to print month names
properly in a way that would work with different glibc versions.
Looks like this is a change incompatible in both ways.

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ldv

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