Patch-ID# 108229-01
Keywords: ISO8859-1 7-bit characters XI18N_OBJS
Synopsis: SunOS 5.7_x86: OpenWindows applications 8-bit character corruption
Date: Jan/31/00

Solaris Release: 7_x86

SunOS Release: 5.7_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 108227

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4165781

Changes incorporated in this version: 

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso8859-1/XI18N_OBJS

Problem Description: 

4165781	Setting LC_CTYPE=en_US or iso_8859_1 makes OW apps strip 8-bit chars

	This bug only occurs in very special circumstances. It does not occur
	when running OpenWindows apps in any one 8-bit locale. If you are logged
	in under one 8-bit locale and attempt to invoke an OW app with another
	locale's LC_CTYPE setting then 8-bit characters will not appear
	in that application. For example :

	Logged in under the 'sv' locale, invoke snapshot with a different
	LC_CTYPE setting :

	# env LC_CTYPE=en_US snapshot

	You will see a Swedish snapshot but it will be missing all 8-bit
	Swedish characters. This is due to the European xom module. This
	patch reverts the ISO8859-1 locales to the generic xom module.


Patch Installation Instructions: 
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For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.

For Solaris 7 release, refer to the man pages for instructions on
using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:

       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02

The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:

       example# patchrm 104945-02

For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.


Special Install Instructions: 
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None.