Committed Alexander's i18n patch

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3489 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 9296458e5..6fd2b5fb8 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,25 @@ localedef -i fr_FR@euro -f ISO-8859-15 fr_FR@euro
 localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT
 localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP</userinput></screen>
 
+<para>In fact, some locales installed by the
+<command>make localedata/install-locales</command>
+command above are not properly
+supported by some applications that are in LFS and BLFS books. Because
+of various problems that arise
+due to application programmers making
+assumptions that break in such locales, LFS <emphasis>should not</emphasis>
+be used in locales that utilize
+multibyte character sets (including UTF-8) or
+right-to-left writing order.
+Numerous unofficial and unstable patches are required to fix these problems,
+and it has been decided not to support such complex locales.
+This applies to the ja_JP and fa_IR locales as well:
+they have been installed only
+for gcc and gettext tests to pass, and e.g. <application>vim</application>
+compiled according to this book doesn't work properly in them.
+Various attempts to circumvent these
+restrictions are documented in internationalization-related hints.</para>
+
 <para>Finally, build the linuxthreads man pages, which are a great reference
 on the threading API (applicable to NPTL as well):</para>