Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>: >>> + [RA] Generate an en_US.UTF-8 locale in /var/lib/lintian/locale for >>> use for tests, particularly man page tests. (Closes: #555408) > >> The private copy of the en_US.UTF-8 locale that lintian generates is >> not updated when the locale definitions change. This looks like asking >> for trouble. > > Do you think the man-db warning results would ever change based on things > that would change about the locale, particularly at this point in the > maturity of en_US.UTF-8? It seems unlikely to me on first glance.
en_US.UTF-8 certainly does change from time to time, for an example to add new characters to the LC_CTYPE character classes when new Unicode versions are released. I do not know if these changes would affect the man-db warnings, but the above changelog entry suggests that lintian may plan to use its private locale copy for other purposes as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
