commit: c9bfaf32339de63ec2aac6c46fc30d3cd82df0d7 Author: Kerin Millar <kfm <AT> plushkava <DOT> net> AuthorDate: Tue Jan 6 02:46:09 2026 +0000 Commit: Kerin Millar <kfm <AT> plushkava <DOT> net> CommitDate: Tue Jan 6 02:46:41 2026 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/locale-gen.git/commit/?id=c9bfaf32
locale-gen.8: Reword DESCRIPTION (second paragraph) Hitherto, the second paragraph of the DESCRIPTION section had claimed that a "default installation" of Gentoo provides a fully populated archive. Such a phrase is open to intepretation. One might even deem it misleading because catalyst prepares stage3 tarballs with an archive containing only the C.UTF-8 locale, with any further user of locale-gen(8) being the prerogative of the would-be administrator. Attempt to improve the wording by alluding to the default behaviour of locale-gen(8) itself. Link: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/catalyst.git/commit/?id=5fb710093c Signed-off-by: Kerin Millar <kfm <AT> plushkava.net> locale-gen.8 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/locale-gen.8 b/locale-gen.8 index d423cb8..3cf8308 100644 --- a/locale-gen.8 +++ b/locale-gen.8 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ locale\-gen - safely compile and install a glibc locale archive .SH "DESCRIPTION" The locale\-gen utility provides a means by which a system administrator may conveniently manage the set of locales that are made available to the GNU C Library. It accomplishes this by acting as a user-friendly frontend for the standard \fBlocaledef\fR(1) utility, which is used to compile locales and integrate them into a central archive. .P -A default installation of Gentoo Linux provides an archive that contains all supported locales, numbering 500 or more. However, it is typical for an administrator to require only one or two of these. In that case, the \fI/etc/locale.gen\fR configuration file may be populated with a list of the required locales. By default, locale\-gen shall read this file and compile only the locales that are specified, saving both time and space in the longer term. +By default, locale\-gen generates an archive containing a full complement of supported locales, numbering 500 or more. However, it is typical for an administrator to require only one or two of these. In that case, the \fI/etc/locale.gen\fR configuration file may be populated with a list of the required locales. Consequently, locale\-gen shall compile only the locales that are specified, saving both time and space in the longer term. .P If the configuration file is missing, empty, or consists only of comments, locale\-gen shall act in one of two ways, depending on whether the \fB\-c\fR option or LOCALEGEN\_CONFIG environment variable was specified. If neither was specified, locale\-gen shall act as if the \fB\-A\fR option had been specified. Otherwise, locale\-gen shall abort with a suitable diagnostic message. .SH "OPTIONS"
