On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 09:13:09PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote: > At Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:46:48 +0100, > Denis Barbier wrote: > > > > Package: locales > > Version: 2.3.1-16 > > Followup-For: Bug #166979 > > > > Upstream changelog contains this snippet for glibc v2.3: > > * Loading of locale data is faster due to the introduction of a locale > > archive. Implemented by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper. > > > > And indeed locale informations are now gathered within > > /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive instead of /usr/lib/locale/<locale_name>/. > > That's right. > > > Old behavior is emulated with 'localedef --no-archive'; this flag > > should be set in /usr/sbin/locale-gen until all programs (like > > /usr/bin/locale) are fixed to search data into /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive > > when this file does exist. > > localedef --no-archive should not be used in locale-gen. "locale -a" > searches locale-archive and /usr/lib/locale/.
No, /usr/bin/locale in glibc 2.3.1 does not look into locale-archive. $ ls -l /usr/lib/locale -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3801120 Mar 25 18:52 locale-archive $ locale -a C POSIX $ > Moreover, all programs except for libc should not use this > locale-archive file. As /usr/lib/locale is managed by the locales package, could it purge old /usr/lib/locale/<locale>/ files? Those files are now unneeded and confusing for users. User defined locales should not be deleted but placed in the archive, maybe a postinst script could put /usr/lib/locale/<locale> in locale-archive and remove these files? > I think this bug can be closed, is it OK? Please fix /usr/bin/locale first (I guess this is done in 2.3.2). Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
