findutils 4.9.0: localeconv test failed on RISCV

Yuqi Guo <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
File:

     gnulib-tests/test-localeconv.c

Code:

```

struct lconv *l = localeconv ();

ASSERT (l->frac_digits == CHAR_MAX);
ASSERT (l->p_cs_precedes == CHAR_MAX);
ASSERT (l->p_sign_posn == CHAR_MAX);
ASSERT (l->p_sep_by_space == CHAR_MAX);
ASSERT (l->n_cs_precedes == CHAR_MAX);
ASSERT (l->n_sign_posn == CHAR_MAX);
ASSERT (l->n_sep_by_space == CHAR_MAX);

```

Problem:

On RISCV, the `char` is unsigned. Thus, the `CHAR_MAX` is 255 instead of 
127 on x86. However, the localeconv values remain the same on RISCV as 
x86 (the values are 127). This makes the assertions fail on RISCV.

I'm not sure if this is a bug. Should localeconv values always equal to 
`CHAR_MAX` no matter whether the char is signed or unsigned?
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