Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#2410 closed defect (fixed)
Inconsistencies in Chapter 5 glibc
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 6.5 |
| Component: | Book | Version: | SVN |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
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Description
The end the glibc page has some comments about locales, but the discussion seems out of context and without introduction:
make install
is followed by:
Different countries and cultures have varying conventions for how to communicate. These conventions range from the format for representing dates and times to more complex issues, such as the language spoken. The “internationalization” of GNU programs works by locale.
Note
If the test suites are not being run in this chapter (as per the recommendation), there is no need to install the locales now. The appropriate locales will be installed in the next chapter. To install the Glibc locales anyway, use instructions from Section 6.9, “Glibc-2.10.1.”
The above needs to be rewritten or removed.
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
Fixed at r8928
Thanks Matt.
My suggestion would be to move everything into the Note section, and slightly rearrange it, so how about:
"Note
The test suite requires locale data to be installed in order to run successfully. Lccale data provide information to the system regarding such things as the date, time and currency formats accepted and output by system utilities. If the test suites are not being run in this chapter (as per the recommendation), there is no need to install the locales now. The appropriate locales will be installed in the next chapter. To install the Glibc locales anyway, use instructions from Section 6.9, “Glibc-2.10.1.”