-# We always do something now, since there should always be a lookup,
-# and now we need to run in order to put the OBJ+= rules in.
-
-if grep -q "^CFLAGS_DYNAMIC[ $tab]*=" "$defs_source"
+# We rely on tr(1) for translating case below. Some people export
+# values of LC_CTYPE and LC_COLLATE which apparently break our assumptions.
+# We're a script expecting certain output based on known inputs and not dealing
+# with UTF8, so we should be safe doingthis:
+LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL
+
+# nb: do not permit leading whitespace for this, as CFLAGS_DYNAMIC is exported
+# to the lookups subdir via a line with leading whitespace which otherwise
+# matches
+if grep -q "^CFLAGS_DYNAMIC[ $tab?:]*=" "$defs_source"