At Wed, 25 Dec 2002 11:51:58 +0900, Botond Botyanszki wrote: > > Package: locales > Version: 2.3.1-8 > Severity: critical > Tags: sid > Justification: breaks unrelated software > > locale aliases don't work anymore. > Example (japanese is an alias for ja_JP.eucJP): > [EMAIL PROTECTED] boti]$ export LC_ALL=japanese > [EMAIL PROTECTED] boti]$ gedit > Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library > [EMAIL PROTECTED] boti]$ export LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucJP > [EMAIL PROTECTED] boti]$ gedit > [EMAIL PROTECTED] boti]$
This bug seems that the current glibc does not check /etc/locale.alias. I don't know it's glibc 2.3.1 design or not, but I think it should be fixed. However, it's _not_ critical bug, because the current locale name of Japanese environment is generally used 'ja_JP.eucJP'. Moreover, it does not _break_ "unrelated software", but it _falls back_ to C locale only if it's a "locale aware software". I downgrade its severity to important. -- gotom
