src/w32proc.c (w32_compare_strings): Support "C" and "POSIX" locales.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index ed0edc5f0a1..02435801d69 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-09-01  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * w32proc.c (w32_compare_strings): Support "C" and "POSIX"
+        locales.
+
 2014-09-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         --enable-silent-rules now suppresses more chatter.
diff --git a/src/w32proc.c b/src/w32proc.c
index 399ed009ce3..96f94a116af 100644
--- a/src/w32proc.c
+++ b/src/w32proc.c
@@ -3236,6 +3236,13 @@ w32_compare_strings (const char *s1, const char *s2, char *locname,
 
   USE_SAFE_ALLOCA;
 
+  /* The LCID machinery doesn't seem to support the "C" locale, so we
+     need to do that by hand.  */
+  if (locname
+      && ((locname[0] == 'C' && (locname[1] == '\0' || locname[1] == '.'))
+          || strcmp (locname, "POSIX") == 0))
+    return (ignore_case ? stricmp (s1, s2) : strcmp (s1, s2));
+
   if (!g_b_init_compare_string_w)
     {
       if (os_subtype == OS_9X)