From 105ca06da20c40d844be61681d741ecd9619bc12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: drepper <drepper>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 16:52:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Correct problem with empty strings.

---
 string/strcoll.c |  6 ++++++
 string/strxfrm.c | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/string/strcoll.c b/string/strcoll.c
index cc39820fcf..8457ef8df1 100644
--- a/string/strcoll.c
+++ b/string/strcoll.c
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ STRCOLL (s1, s2, l)
   if (collate_nrules == 0)
     return STRCMP (s1, s2);
 
+  /* Handle empty strings as a special case.  */
+  if (*s1 == '\0')
+    return *s2 == '\0' ? 0 : -1;
+  else if (*s2 == '\0')
+    return 1;
+
   /* Get full information about the strings.  This means we get
      information for all passes in a special data structure.  */
   get_string (s1, s1forw, s1backw);
diff --git a/string/strxfrm.c b/string/strxfrm.c
index 8222adf435..795e8e4a73 100644
--- a/string/strxfrm.c
+++ b/string/strxfrm.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1995.
 
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ STRXFRM (STRING_TYPE *dest, const STRING_TYPE *src, size_t n, __locale_t l)
       return STRLEN (src);
     }
 
+  /* Handle an empty string as a special case.  */
+  if (*src == '\0')
+    {
+      if (n != 0)
+	*dest = '\0';
+      return 1;
+    }
+
   /* Get full information about the string.  This means we get
      information for all passes in a special data structure.  */
   get_string (src, forw, backw);
-- 
2.11.0