[Bug 2278984] New: msgcat --color=test outputs nothing at all

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278984

Bug ID: 2278984
           Summary: msgcat --color=test outputs nothing at all
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 40
          Hardware: x86_64
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
         Component: gettext
          Keywords: Desktop
          Severity: low
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
        QA Contact: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail], [e-mail],
                    [e-mail], [e-mail],
                    [e-mail]
  Target Milestone: ---
    Classification: Fedora

/usr/bin/msgcat is provided by gettext. Under other Linux distributions and
using Brew for MacOS executing "msgcat --color=test" prints test output
displaying background and foreground colors in the terminal.

This feature is described in section 9.11.2 of "info msgcat"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. msgcat --color=test
Actual Results:  
No output produced

Expected Results:  
Test output as hard-coded into the program.

[Bug 2278984] msgcat --color=test outputs nothing at all

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Jens Petersen  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Jens Petersen  ---
We enabled this recently in Fedora 41 Rawhide..

Just curious what do you use this for?
I suppose we could turn on libtextstyle for F40 too.

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--- Comment #3 from Fedora Update System  ---
FEDORA-2024-8df905381e (low) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 40.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-8df905381e

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Fedora Update System  changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Fedora Update System  ---
FEDORA-2024-8df905381e has been pushed to the Fedora 40 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh
--advisory=FEDORA-2024-8df905381e`
You can provide feedback for this update here:
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-8df905381e

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information
on how to test updates.

[Bug 2278984] msgcat --color=test outputs nothing at all

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Fedora Update System  changed:

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         Resolution|---                         |ERRATA
   Fixed In Version|                            |gettext-0.22.5-4.fc40
        Last Closed|                            |2024-08-09 02:53:34

--- Comment #5 from Fedora Update System  ---
FEDORA-2024-8df905381e (gettext-0.22.5-4.fc40) has been pushed to the Fedora 40
stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.