See:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/re.html
> A range expression represents the set of collating elements that fall
> between two elements in the current collation sequence,
> inclusively. It is expressed as the starting point and the ending
> point separated by a hyphen (-).
>
> Range expressions must not be used in portable applications because
> their behaviour is dependent on the collating sequence. Ranges will be
> treated according to the current collating sequence, and include such
> characters that fall within the range based on that collating
> sequence, regardless of character values. This, however, means that
> the interpretation will differ depending on collating sequence. If,
> for instance, one collating sequence defines ä as a variant of a,
> while another defines it as a letter following z, then the expression
> [ä-z] is valid in the first language and invalid in the second.
Therefore, using [a-z] does not make much sense except in the C/POSIX locale.
The new iso14651_t1_common lists upper case and lower case Latin characters
in a different order than the old one which causes surprising results
for example in the de_DE locale: [a-z] now includes A because A comes
after a in iso14651_t1_common but does not include Z because that comes
after z in iso14651_t1_common.
* posix/tst-fnmatch.input: Fix results for range expressions
for non C locales.
* posix/tst-regexloc.c: Do not use a range expression for
de_DE.ISO-8859-1 locale.
Update.
2004-09-01 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
[BZ #361]
* posix/fnmatch_loop.c (FCT): For backslash between brackets, branch
to normal_bracket after fetching the next character.
* posix/tst-fnmatch.input: Add 25 new tests.
Reported by Markus Oberhumer <markus@oberhumer.com>.
2001-07-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
* manual/argp.texi: Remove ignored LGPL copyright notice; it's
not appropriate for documentation anyway.
* manual/libc-texinfo.sh: "Library General Public License" ->
"Lesser General Public License".
2001-07-06 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* All files under GPL/LGPL version 2: Place under LGPL version
2.1.
* posix/tst-fnmatch.input: Add test case for FNM_PERIOD handling with
FNM_EXTMATCH.
* posix/fnmatch_loop.c: Optimize handling of ?() and @().
* posix/fnmatch.c: Define STRLEN and STRCAT appropriately.
* posix/Versions [libc] (GLIBC_2.2.3): Add fnmatch.
* posix/fnmatch.c: Define with new default version GLIBC_2.2.3 to
avoid running binaries with libc versions without FNM_EXTMATCH support.
* include/wchar.h: Add prototype for __wcscat.
* wcsmbs/wcscat.c: Define __wcscat and make wcscat weak alias.
2001-03-15 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* posix/fnmatch.h (FNM_EXTMATCH): Define.
* posix/fnmatch.c (NO_LEADING_PERIOD): Define.
(posixly_correct): Move global variable here.
(INT, EXT, END): Name new functions defined in fnmatch_loop.c.
(fnmatch): Pretty printing.
* posix/fnmatch_loop.c: Add code to handle FNM_EXTMATCH.
* posix/tst-fnmatch.c: Recognize EXTMATCH flag.
* posix/tst-fnmatch.input: Add tests for extended matching.
* posix/testfnm.c: Add test for patterns with multiple ** before /.
* posix/fnmatch_loop.c: Fix problem with the test above.
2001-02-01 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* Makerules (build-shlib): Add $(extra-B-$(@F:lib%.so=%).so).
* configure.in: Test for -z initfirst linker option.
* config.make.in: Add have-z-initfirst.
* elf/dl-init.c (_dl_init): Split out actual initialization code in
new function call_init. If _dl_initfirst is non-NULL initialize first.
* elf/dl-load.c (_dl_map_from_fd): If DF_1_INITFIRST flag is set
remember object in _dl_initfirst.
* elf/soinit.c: Remove special support for calling
__pthread_initialize_minimal.
* conform/conformtest.pl: Add missing $prepend in type test.
* elf/elf.h (SHT_CHECKSUM): New definition.
* posix/tst-fnmatch.input: Add tests for [. .] in locales.
* posix/fnmatch_loop.c: Make FNM_LEADING_DIR behave as GNU tar
expects it. Patch by Colin Watson <riva.ucam.org>.
* posix/tst-fnmatch.input: Add test cases for FNM_LEADING_DIR.
2000-07-05 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* locale/loadlocale.c (_nl_unload_locale): Add cast to avoid warning.
* locale/programs/ld-collate.c (collate_output): Also write out the
collation sequence values and the wide character string for the
collation symbol table.
* posix/fnmatch.c: Include "../locale/elem-hash.h".
* posix/fnmatch_loop.c: Implement collating symbol handling.
* posix/tst-fnmatch.input: Add more tests, especially for collating
symbol handling.
* posix/regex.c: Fix comment.
