Re: preconv test failure on Darwin with nixpkgs 25.11 (was: groff 1.24.0.rc4 testing)

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:02:48 -0600

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[self-follow-up with a mea culpa]

At 2026-02-21T21:18:16-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Script started on Sat Feb 21 21:59:00 2026
> > Command: /usr/bin/env LC_CALL=C printf Eat at the caf\351.\n
> > Eat at the caf?.
> 
> While that produces the output I'd expect, you misspelled the
> environment variable name.
> 
> I would not expect `LC_CALL=C` to have any effect on the process's
> locale settings.
> 
> The variable name is `LC_ALL`.

...and the reason you used an incorrect variable name is because that it
what I asked of you!

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2026-02/msg00094.html

D'oh!  I'm sorry.  It's been a long day, but I'm prone to typos even on
short ones.

If I ever seem like I'm not making sense, confront me.  I might not be.

:-O

Regards,
Branden

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