bug#79714: env: always adds __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING var on macOS since v9.8

On 01/11/2025 09:24, Bruno Haible via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> In fact only 6 commands require the localename-unsafe dependency:  date, du
>> through show-date() (fprintftime), and
>>    ls, pr, stat, uptime through strftime().
>> So I'll adjust things to only link those against CoreFoundation.
> 
> This will have no effect in most cases.
> 
> The CoreFoundation dependency is needed for two purposes:
>    - Gnulib modules such as localename, nstrftime, fprintftime,
>    - $(LIBINTL) when built without --disable-nls.
>      Here, it ensures that the user's settings in control panels
>      are respected by programs that, as usual, do
>        setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
> 
> Since normally, on macOS, GNU packages are built with NLS enabled,
> the 'env' program will still be linked against CoreFoundation.

Good point,
but restricting the explicit link would help Andrew's case I think,
since he said it was fine with v9.7.

Andrew are you using homebrew or doing your own build
with --disable-nls?

thanks,
Padraig