Changeset c45b780 for chapter06

Timestamp:

11/12/2005 09:34:32 AM (19 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

82aac74

Parents:

4ebf97c

Message:

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

File:

• chapter06/glibc.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter06/glibc.xml

@@ -137 +137 @@
 
 <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
@@ -170 +170 @@
 (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&mdash;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&mdash;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