On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 10:34:37AM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote: > At Fri, 4 Apr 2003 20:13:46 +0200, > Denis Barbier wrote: > > I encountered a strange error when generating locales: > > i18n:1: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section > > i18n:3: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section > > > > The reason was that a file called i18n was present in current working > > directory, and was used by localedef. AFAICT this is not mentioned > > in libc6 documentation. IMO there is no reason to search for input > > files in '.', '-i .' can be used if needed. > > Another option would be to display the full path > > ./i18n:1: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section > > ./i18n:3: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section > > in order to make this error message more explanatory. > > Could you tell me example in detail? I put "i18n" in the current > working dir, but not appeared such messages.
Sure, here is a test case. $ echo foo > i18n $ localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 blah i18n:1: syntax error: not inside a locale definition section Segmentation fault Tested with libc6 2.3.2-1 Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
