the tool tries to generate binary output, but the current locale might change what awk generates. force it to C/ASCII to avoid that. https://bugs.gentoo.org/601012 --- a/test/pbmtext.test +++ b/test/pbmtext.test @@ -81,12 +81,14 @@ rm ${fontRectangle_txt} ${font_pbm} # One long row # Should print 3233136020 4535 +LC_CTYPE=C \ awk 'BEGIN { for (i=32; i<=125;++i) printf("%c",i); for (i=160;i<=255;++i) printf("%c",i); }' | \ pbmtext -builtin bdf | cksum # One tall column # Should print 1216262214 5711 +LC_CTYPE=C \ awk 'BEGIN { for (i=32; i<=125;++i) printf("%c\n",i); for (i=160;i<=255;++i) printf("%c\n",i); }' | \ pbmtext -nomargins -builtin bdf | cksum