From c45b780761ea397cd8a6a008eaa179c7102679dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Burgess Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:34:32 +0000 Subject: 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 --- chapter06/glibc.xml | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter06') 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: make localedata/install-locales 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 localedef -command. Information on this command is located in the -INSTALL 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 +localedef command. Information on this command is located in +the INSTALL 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 libstdc++ 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 watch program -(part of the Procps package) does not work properly in them. Various -attempts to circumvent these restrictions are documented in -internationalization-related hints. +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 +watch program (part of the Procps package) does not work +properly in them. Various attempts to circumvent these restrictions are +documented in internationalization-related hints. Build the linuxthreads man pages, which are a great reference on the threading API (applicable to NPTL as well): -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf