[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by de
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:40:05 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello Giovanni,
Giovanni Biscuolo <address@hidden> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> We should fix it, notably because libc automatically falls back to the
>> normalized codeset (that is, if you choose “en_US.uTF--8”, it eventually
>> tries to read data for “en_US.utf8”.) I wonder why the
>> ‘install-locales’ rule doesn’t to it.
>
> Me too: do you think it's appropriate to report this upstream?
> I can manage this if needed, of course.
It would be great, yes!
>> The “normalized codeset” is described in the libc manual (info "(libc)
>> Using gettextized software") and (info "(libc) Locale Names").
>
> Herm... I'm still too web dependent, I have to correctly install all
> infos :-O
Just type these ‘info’ commands and it should Just Work on Guix System.
:-)
> Reading your refactored build-locale in (gnu build locale), as used
> e.g. in (gnu system locale), makes me wonder if Guix could allow users to
> define their preferred locales in a (operating-system ...) declaration,
> having "guix system" building only the needed ones... but that's another
> story
That’s already the case.
It would be nice to have it for Guix on foreign distros, as discussed in
the “Parameterized packages” thread.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros, (continued)
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros, Giovanni Biscuolo, 2019/06/05
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros, Jack Hill, 2019/06/06
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros, Giovanni Biscuolo, 2019/06/06
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros, Ludovic Courtès, 2019/06/06
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros, Jack Hill, 2019/06/06
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros, Ludovic Courtès, 2019/06/07
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros, Jack Hill, 2019/06/07
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros, Giovanni Biscuolo, 2019/06/11
- bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by default on foreign distros,
Ludovic Courtès <=