Re: i18n and internal errors

Eli Zaretskii
2005-02-15T04:55:58Z

> From: "M.M. Kettenis" <m.m.kettenis@alumnus.utwente.nl>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:10:01 +0000
> Cc: cagney@gnu.org
>
> > As for the difficulty in fixing the bugs, the fatal messages typically
> > include a file name and a line number which point to the place where
> > the bug was caught. I think that alleviates some of the difficulties.
>
> Although line numbers might be a bit off compared to the current CVS version or even compared to the release.

True, but hopefully not by a lot.

> > Also, it is customary for users to translate the messages into English
> > when reporting bugs (a case in point is messages from the OS utilities
> > that have some relevance to the bug being reported), since the users
> > generally understand that English is a better language to talk to
> > maintainers.
>
> So we should update the bug reporting instructions to instruct users to run gdb with env LC_ALL="C". Hmm, hopefully that doesn't make the bug
> disappear.

We should indeed ask them to reproduce in the C locale, and if the bug
disappears, to translate the message(s) into English as best as they
can.