[Bug 238762] xargs -p only works in the POSIX locale

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238762

            Bug ID: 238762
           Summary: xargs -p only works in the POSIX locale
           Product: Base System
           Version: 12.0-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: delan at azabani.com

# expected

$ echo test | xargs -t echo
echo test
test
$ echo test | xargs -p echo
echo test?...y
test

# actual

$ echo test | xargs -t echo
echo test
test
$ echo test | xargs -p echo
echo test?...y
$ locale; locale -k yesexpr
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
yesexpr="^(([yY]([eE][sS])?)|([yY]))"
$ export LANG=POSIX
$ locale; locale -k yesexpr
LANG=POSIX
LC_CTYPE="POSIX"
LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
LC_TIME="POSIX"
LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
LC_MONETARY="POSIX"
LC_MESSAGES="POSIX"
LC_ALL=
yesexpr="^[yY]"
$ echo test | xargs -p echo
echo test?...y
test

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