id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
2099	version check script should be run with LC_ALL=C LANGUAGE=C	alexander@…	lfs-book@…	"The current version checking script uses the following to find the version of binutils:

{{{
echo -n ""Binutils: ""; ld --version | head -n1 | cut -d"" "" -f3-4
}}}

This is not locale-safe, as the field numbers in the translation may not match those in the original English message. This has already biten jhalfs user (on findutils, not binutils)."	defect	closed	highest	7.0	Book	6.3	normal	fixed