------- Additional Comments From jpr at essi dot fr 2005-05-01 11:21 ------- Subject: Re: Configuring g++ library for various locales ?
pcarlini at suse dot de wrote: >------- Additional Comments From pcarlini at suse dot de 2005-05-01 10:31 >------- > > >>Now I installed also the German locale, and everything seems OK. >> >> > >Excellent! > > > >>instead of forcing the German one (which appears to me a little >>Süse-oriented ;-)). >> >> > >What if I tell you that the author of that test is Jakub Jelinek, a renowned >RedHat employee? > >Anyway, we have already documentation clearly stating that a set of locales >is *needed* when using the GNU locale model: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/install.html#prereqs > >and of course --enable-clocale itself is completely documented > > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/configopts.html > >*and reference is made to the above requirements*: > > "As part of the configuration process, the "C" library is probed both for >sufficient vintage, and installed locale data. If either of these elements are >not present, the C++ locale model default to 'generic.' On glibc-based systems >of version 2.2.5 and above with installed locale files, 'gnu' is automatically >selected." > > > > OK for the documentation, except ... that this is not the one that you read when you install gcc from scratch ! Although libstdc++ is now part of gcc, there is no link from the files in gcc-xxx/INSTALL to the library documentation pages. But you are right, I should have searched for this. Jean-Paul Rigault -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21295
