[gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Sven Köhler
Yesterday I updated from glibc-2.4-r1 to glibc-2.4-r2. Since then, I've got problems with my UTF-8 locale. I suppose, that is because the UTF-8 denomination seems to have changed from .UTF-8 to .utf8: .UTF-8 changed from .utf8? That's not true. My glibc 2.3.6 (with userlocales turned off)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Farhan Ahmed
Sven Köhler wrote: (snip) I also looked it up on a Redhat-System: no .UTF-8 locales. What might have been the last glibc-version with UTF-8 locales? (i don't remember to have seen that over the last few years) I think some .UTF-8 locales were used uptil recently.. I read the Using UTF-8

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Sven Köhler wrote: Yesterday I updated from glibc-2.4-r1 to glibc-2.4-r2. Since then, I've got problems with my UTF-8 locale. I suppose, that is because the UTF-8 denomination seems to have changed from .UTF-8 to .utf8: .UTF-8 changed from .utf8? Yep. That's not true. Wrong, it is. My

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Farhan Ahmed wrote: Sven Köhler wrote: (snip) I also looked it up on a Redhat-System: no .UTF-8 locales. What might have been the last glibc-version with UTF-8 locales? (i don't remember to have seen that over the last few years) I think some .UTF-8 locales were used uptil recently.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Farhan Ahmed
Alexander Skwar wrote: Sven Köhler wrote: (snip) What might have been the last glibc-version with UTF-8 locales? 2.3.6-r3 or 2.4-r1 No. Glibc-2.4-r1 used .utf8 locales.. Just as an example of .utf8 usage even before glibc-2.4 read this Gentoo Weekly NewsLetter:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Jeremy Olexa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Skwar wrote: Sven Köhler wrote: My glibc 2.3.6 (with userlocales turned off) never creates such locales. There's no such flag as userlocales. Sorry, I cannot help with the issue but I do know there is a userlocales flag, I use this

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Farhan Ahmed
Alexander Skwar wrote: What might have been the last glibc-version with UTF-8 locales? 2.3.6-r3 or 2.4-r1 No. Glibc-2.4-r1 used .utf8 locales. That might be. Then I wonder, why I had no problems with .UTF-8 when I was using 2.4-r1. As I wrote, it might be, that my system was

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Farhan Ahmed
Jeremy Olexa wrote: Alexander Skwar wrote: Sven Köhler wrote: My glibc 2.3.6 (with userlocales turned off) never creates such locales. There's no such flag as userlocales. Sorry, I cannot help with the issue but I do know there is a userlocales flag, I use this flag to only add

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Farhan Ahmed wrote: Anyway have you changed your locale settings from .UTF-8 to .utf8 Yep. But most importantly, I setup the /etc/locale.gen file. (all environment variables etc.,)? Is your system working fine now? Yes, it is. Alexander Skwar -- QOTD: If I'm what I eat, I'm a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Jeremy Olexa wrote: Alexander Skwar wrote: Sven Köhler wrote: My glibc 2.3.6 (with userlocales turned off) never creates such locales. There's no such flag as userlocales. Sorry, I cannot help with the issue but I do know there is a userlocales flag, No, there *IS* not. There *used

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Farhan Ahmed wrote: But here's the weird thing, I had compiled glibc-2.4-r1 with userlocales USE flag, in my /etc/locales.build There *is* no file called /etc/locales.build. glibc-2.4-r2 uses /etc/locale.gen to determine, which locales are to be generated. But with 2.4-r2 there is no such

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Patrick Börjesson
On 2006-05-05 19:11, Farhan Ahmed uttered these thoughts: Well userlocales USE flag was there in glibc-2.4-r1 but it's absent in glibc-2.4-r2.. But here's the weird thing, I had compiled glibc-2.4-r1 with userlocales USE flag, in my /etc/locales.build I just have en_US/ISO-8859-1