> Modify locale code to defend against possibility that it was compiled
> with an -fsigned-char/-funsigned-char setting opposite to that of libc,
> thus breaking the convention that 'undefined' values returned by
> localeconv() are represented by CHAR_MAX. It is sheer stupidity that
> gcc even has such a switch --- it's just as bad as the structure-packing
> control switches offered by the more brain-dead PC compilers --- and
> as for the behavior of Linux distribution vendors who set RPM_OPT_FLAGS
> differently from the way they built libc, well, words fail me...
Which distros would these be? I know that Mandrake chooses some mutually
exclusive flags (-On and -fast-math) but am not sure which other ones
are inconsistant...
- Thomas