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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-11-12 09:34:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-11-12 09:34:32 +0000 |
| commit | c45b780761ea397cd8a6a008eaa179c7102679dc (patch) | |
| tree | 9ef057beeec5179e0974758582f73f9a52e9fc5c /chapter06 | |
| parent | 4ebf97c614dd1c29c10f3acc19aa3e9a2a1dc11b (diff) | |
Improve the heuristic for selecting a supported/working locale
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7143 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/glibc.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index 2c1d59519..dfd171dea 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ with:</para> <screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen> <para>To save time, an alternative to running the -previous command (which generates and installs every locale Glibc is -aware of) is to install only those locales that are wanted and needed. -This can be achieved by using the <command>localedef</command> -command. Information on this command is located in the -<filename>INSTALL</filename> file in the Glibc source. However, there +previous command (which generates and installs every locale listed in the +glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED file) is to install only those +locales that are wanted and needed. This can be achieved by using the +<command>localedef</command> command. Information on this command is located in +the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file in the Glibc source. However, there are a number of locales that are essential in order for the tests of future packages to pass, in particular, the <emphasis>libstdc++</emphasis> tests from GCC. The following @@ -169,12 +169,12 @@ programmers making assumptions that break in such locales, LFS should not 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 by the LFS developers 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 the <command>watch</command> program -(part of the Procps package) does not work properly in them. Various -attempts to circumvent these restrictions are documented in -internationalization-related hints.</para> +been decided by the LFS developers not to support such complex locales at this +time. 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 the +<command>watch</command> program (part of the Procps package) does not work +properly in them. Various attempts to circumvent these restrictions are +documented in internationalization-related hints.</para> <para>Build the linuxthreads man pages, which are a great reference on the threading API (applicable to NPTL as well):</para> |