On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 01:48:14AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > * By default, locales are written into the old format (not into an > archive file). My motivation was that if someone needs to add a > local locale, she can compile her locale into $HOME/share/locale > and set LOCPATH to $HOME/share/locale:/usr/lib/locale if she > wants to use either her preferred locale or a system one, e.g. > with LANGUAGE=xx_XX:de > But this will work only if system locales are compiled in old > style, not with archive. I also made benchmarks to see if > archive was faster, and IIRC noticed no significant difference. > This behavior can be overridden by the --archive flag.
Bruno Haible wrote in http://mail.gnome.org/archives/locale-list/2005-August/msg00014.html <quote> Similarly, he has put all the locale data files into a single big archive, to reduce the number of open() calls at program startup. </quote> On Red Hat, locales are compiled into both old and new formats, certainly to take advantage of both sides. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
