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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-tools-glibc" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="glibc.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>Glibc-&glibc-version;</title>
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12 |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-tools-glibc">
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary>
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15 | <secondary>tools</secondary>
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16 | </indexterm>
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17 |
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18 | <sect2 role="package">
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19 | <title/>
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20 |
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21 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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22 | href="../chapter06/glibc.xml"
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23 | xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>
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24 |
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25 | <segmentedlist>
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26 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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27 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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28 |
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29 | <seglistitem>
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30 | <seg>&glibc-ch5-sbu;</seg>
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31 | <seg>&glibc-ch5-du;</seg>
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32 | </seglistitem>
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33 | </segmentedlist>
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34 |
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35 | </sect2>
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36 |
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37 | <sect2 role="installation">
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38 | <title>Installation of Glibc</title>
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39 |
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40 | <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
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41 | directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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42 |
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43 | <screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build
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44 | cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
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45 |
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46 | <para>Next, prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
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47 |
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48 | <screen><userinput>../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/tools \
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49 | --disable-profile --enable-add-ons \
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50 | --enable-kernel=2.6.0 --with-binutils=/tools/bin \
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51 | --without-gd --with-headers=/tools/include \
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52 | --without-selinux</userinput></screen>
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53 |
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54 | <variablelist>
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55 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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56 |
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57 | <varlistentry>
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58 | <term><parameter>--disable-profile</parameter></term>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>This builds the libraries without profiling information. Omit
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61 | this option if profiling on the temporary tools is necessary.</para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | </varlistentry>
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64 |
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65 | <varlistentry>
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66 | <term><parameter>--enable-add-ons</parameter></term>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>This tells Glibc to use the NPTL add-on as its threading
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69 | library.</para>
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70 | </listitem>
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71 | </varlistentry>
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72 |
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73 | <varlistentry>
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74 | <term><parameter>--enable-kernel=2.6.0</parameter></term>
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75 | <listitem>
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76 | <para>This tells Glibc to compile the library with support
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77 | for 2.6.x Linux kernels.</para>
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78 | </listitem>
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79 | </varlistentry>
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80 |
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81 | <varlistentry>
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82 | <term><parameter>--with-binutils=/tools/bin</parameter></term>
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83 | <listitem>
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84 | <para>While not required, this switch ensures that there are
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85 | no errors pertaining to which Binutils programs get used during the
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86 | Glibc build.</para>
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87 | </listitem>
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88 | </varlistentry>
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89 |
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90 | <varlistentry>
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91 | <term><parameter>--without-gd</parameter></term>
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92 | <listitem>
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93 | <para>This prevents the build of the <command>memusagestat</command>
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94 | program, which insists on linking against the host's libraries
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95 | (libgd, libpng, libz, etc.).</para>
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96 | </listitem>
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97 | </varlistentry>
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98 |
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99 | <varlistentry>
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100 | <term><parameter>--with-headers=/tools/include</parameter></term>
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101 | <listitem>
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102 | <para>This tells Glibc to compile itself against the headers recently
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103 | installed to the tools directory, so that it knows exactly what
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104 | features the kernel has and can optimize itself accordingly.</para>
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105 | </listitem>
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106 | </varlistentry>
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107 |
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108 | <varlistentry>
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109 | <term><parameter>--without-selinux</parameter></term>
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110 | <listitem>
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111 | <para>When building from hosts that include SELinux functionality
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112 | (e.g., Fedora Core 3), Glibc will build with support for SELinux.
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113 | As the LFS tools environment does not contain support for SELinux, a
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114 | Glibc compiled with such support will fail to operate correctly.</para>
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115 | </listitem>
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116 | </varlistentry>
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117 |
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118 | </variablelist>
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119 |
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120 | <para>During this stage the following warning might appear:</para>
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121 |
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122 | <blockquote>
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123 | <screen><computeroutput>configure: WARNING:
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124 | *** These auxiliary programs are missing or
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125 | *** incompatible versions: msgfmt
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126 | *** some features will be disabled.
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127 | *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.</computeroutput></screen>
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128 | </blockquote>
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129 |
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130 | <para>The missing or incompatible <command>msgfmt</command> program is
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131 | generally harmless, but it can sometimes cause issues when running the
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132 | test suite. This <command>msgfmt</command> program is part of the
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133 | Gettext package which the host distribution should provide. If
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134 | <command>msgfmt</command> is present but deemed incompatible, upgrade
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135 | the host system's Gettext package or continue without it and see if
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136 | the test suite runs without problems regardless.</para>
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137 |
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138 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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139 |
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140 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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141 |
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142 | <para>Compilation is now complete. As mentioned earlier, running the
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143 | test suites for the temporary tools installed in this chapter is not
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144 | mandatory. To run the Glibc test suite (if desired), the following
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145 | command will do so:</para>
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146 |
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147 | <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
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148 |
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149 | <para>For a discussion of test failures that are of particular
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150 | importance, please see <xref linkend="ch-system-glibc" role="."/></para>
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151 |
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152 | <para>In this chapter, some tests can be adversely affected by
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153 | existing tools or environmental issues on the host system. Glibc test
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154 | suite failures in this chapter are typically not worrisome. The Glibc
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155 | installed in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/> is the one that
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156 | will ultimately end up being used, so that is the one that needs to pass
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157 | most tests (even in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, some
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158 | failures could still occur, for example, with the math tests).</para>
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159 |
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160 | <para>When experiencing a failure, make a note of it, then continue by
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161 | reissuing the <command>make check</command> command. The test suite
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162 | should pick up where it left off and continue. This stop-start sequence
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163 | can be circumvented by issuing a <command>make -k check</command> command.
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164 | If using this option, be sure to log the output so that the log file can
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165 | be examined for failures later.</para>
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166 |
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167 | <para>The install stage of Glibc will issue a harmless warning at the
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168 | end about the absence of <filename>/tools/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.
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169 | Prevent this warning with:</para>
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170 |
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171 | <screen><userinput>mkdir -v /tools/etc
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172 | touch /tools/etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen>
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173 |
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174 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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175 |
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176 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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177 |
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178 | <para>Different countries and cultures have varying conventions for
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179 | how to communicate. These conventions range from the format for
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180 | representing dates and times to more complex issues, such as the
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181 | language spoken. The <quote>internationalization</quote> of GNU
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182 | programs works by locale.</para>
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183 |
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184 | <note>
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185 | <para>If the test suites are not being run in this chapter (as per
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186 | the recommendation), there is no need to install the locales now.
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187 | The appropriate locales will be installed in the next chapter.
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188 | To install the Glibc locales anyway, use instructions from
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189 | <xref linkend="ch-system-glibc" role="."/></para>
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190 | </note>
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191 |
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192 | </sect2>
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193 |
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194 | <sect2 role="content">
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195 | <title/>
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196 |
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197 | <para>Details on this package are located in
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198 | <xref linkend="contents-glibc" role="."/></para>
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199 |
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200 | </sect2>
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201 |
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202 | </sect1>
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