[Bug 1290069] [NEW] Bad identification of getopt in /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv with some translations

[Sam Segers]

Public bug reported:

When running fakeroot in a Dutch enviroment, It fails to identify some arguments like --version with:
"getopt: onbekende optie '--version'
fakeroot, create a fake root environment.
   usage: fakeroot [-l|--lib fakerootlib] [-f|--faked fakedbin]
                   [-i file] [-s file] [-u|--unknown-is-real]
		   [-b|--fd-base fd] [-h|--help] [-v|--version]
                   [--] [command]"

This happens because of line 46 in the fakeroot-sysv script.
In English the command 'getopt --version' returns "getopt from util-linux 2.20.1" but in Dutch it returns "'getopt' uit util-linux 2.20.1" (with the " ' " 's)

The following gets bad interpreted:

 46 GETOPTEST=`getopt --version`
 47 case $GETOPTEST in
 48 getopt*) # GNU getopt
 49     FAKE_TEMP=`getopt -l lib: -l faked: -l unknown-is-real -l fd-base: -l ve    rsion -l help -- +l:f:i:s:ub:vh "$@"`
 50     ;;
 51 *) # POSIX getopt ?
 52     FAKE_TEMP=`getopt l:f:i:s:ub:vh "$@"`
 53     ;;
 54 esac

The POSIX getopt ? case is followed and fakeroot doesn't work as
intended.

** Affects: fakeroot (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Bad identification of getopt in /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv with some
  translations

Status in “fakeroot” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When running fakeroot in a Dutch enviroment, It fails to identify some arguments like --version with:
  "getopt: onbekende optie '--version'
  fakeroot, create a fake root environment.
     usage: fakeroot [-l|--lib fakerootlib] [-f|--faked fakedbin]
                     [-i file] [-s file] [-u|--unknown-is-real]
  		   [-b|--fd-base fd] [-h|--help] [-v|--version]
                     [--] [command]"

  This happens because of line 46 in the fakeroot-sysv script.
  In English the command 'getopt --version' returns "getopt from util-linux 2.20.1" but in Dutch it returns "'getopt' uit util-linux 2.20.1" (with the " ' " 's)

  The following gets bad interpreted:

   46 GETOPTEST=`getopt --version`
   47 case $GETOPTEST in
   48 getopt*) # GNU getopt
   49     FAKE_TEMP=`getopt -l lib: -l faked: -l unknown-is-real -l fd-base: -l ve    rsion -l help -- +l:f:i:s:ub:vh "$@"`
   50     ;;
   51 *) # POSIX getopt ?
   52     FAKE_TEMP=`getopt l:f:i:s:ub:vh "$@"`
   53     ;;
   54 esac

  The POSIX getopt ? case is followed and fakeroot doesn't work as
  intended.

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