C. Bergström wrote:
> #2 TOG doesn't own the code in question.  IBM is afaik the copyright
> holder on the wide character things you're referencing in libc.  TOS
> only handles the UNIX tm and certification.  (I know I've talked with
> them quite a bit)  As others have talked about the Citrus wide character
> support could be a relatively painless way to replace those as well. 
> Anyway.. I'm sure you could get things to boot with a C LOCALE if you're
> really in a hurry.

It would be nice to finally get that i18n code replaced, if for no other
reason than to stop seeing articles about how the IBM System/Z port can't
make progress because they can't build libc.

There have been several proposed replacement code bases, and several
replacement projects begun by community members, but none completed.

-- 
        -Alan Coopersmith-        [email protected]
         Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System

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