On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 04:10:25PM +0200, Marcos Menendez wrote: > Hello, > > Before I start with the kernel compilation I would like someone to clarify me > some things. > > At step > > make LANG=<host_LANG_value> LC_ALL= menuconfig > > the book says > > > "This establishes the locale setting to the one used on the host. This is > needed for a proper menuconfig ncurses interface line drawing on UTF-8 linux > text console. > > Be sure to replace <host_LANG_value> by the value of the $LANG variable > from your host. If not set, you could use instead the host's value of $LC_ALL > or $LC_CTYPE." > > > My host is configured with LANG=en_US.UTF-8 but my chroot has been configured > for LANG=es_ES.ISO-8859-15 (my /etc/sysconfig/console is configured for > Spanish too). > Why not use es_ES.UTF-8 ?
> I would like to know the following: > > 1) If the make LANG=<host_LANG_value> refers to the one configured at chroot > or at the host. I believe we expect that your host system will be set up with the locale you desire, You can, of course, use any valid locales which you wish (if you have installed them), so it does not really matter. > 2) Is this just a temporal use of the LANG= variable for the make command to > just work fine? Temporary - it is in the environment when you run menuconfig. > 3) Will this have as a result the compiled kernel to be 'associated' with > that LANG= value and only? > No, the kernel messages are always in English. For a Spanish keyboard, a problem showed up recently (dead keys not working correctly - 'es' was picking up the olpc/ version, I think). The fix is in the svn book (specify the relative path to the desired keymap, if my memory is right) and might also be in the Errata for 7.5. ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
