Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Patrick Börjesson
On 2006-05-05 19:11, Farhan Ahmed uttered these thoughts: > Well userlocales USE flag was there in glibc-2.4-r1 but it's absent in > glibc-2.4-r2.. But here's the weird thing, I had compiled glibc-2.4-r1 > with userlocales USE flag, in my /etc/locales.build I just have > > en_US/ISO-8859-1 > e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Farhan Ahmed wrote: > But here's the weird thing, I had compiled glibc-2.4-r1 > with userlocales USE flag, in my /etc/locales.build There *is* no file called /etc/locales.build. glibc-2.4-r2 uses /etc/locale.gen to determine, which locales are to be generated. > But with 2.4-r2 there is no such

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Jeremy Olexa wrote: > Alexander Skwar wrote: >>> Sven Köhler wrote: My glibc 2.3.6 (with userlocales turned off) never creates such locales. >>> >>> There's no such flag as "userlocales". >>> > > Sorry, I cannot help with the issue but I do know there is a userlocales > flag, No, ther

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Farhan Ahmed wrote: > Anyway have you changed your locale > settings from .UTF-8 to .utf8 Yep. But most importantly, I setup the /etc/locale.gen file. > (all environment variables etc.,)? Is your > system working fine now? Yes, it is. Alexander Skwar -- QOTD: "If I'm what I eat, I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Farhan Ahmed
Jeremy Olexa wrote: > Alexander Skwar wrote: > > Sven Köhler wrote: > >> My glibc 2.3.6 (with userlocales turned off) never > >> creates such locales. > > > > There's no such flag as "userlocales". > > > > Sorry, I cannot help with the issue but I do know there is a userlocales > flag, I use thi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Farhan Ahmed
Alexander Skwar wrote: > >> > What might have been the last glibc-version with UTF-8 locales? > >> > >> 2.3.6-r3 or 2.4-r1 > > > > No. Glibc-2.4-r1 used .utf8 locales. > > That might be. Then I wonder, why I had no problems with .UTF-8 > when I was using 2.4-r1. As I wrote, it might be, that my

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Jeremy Olexa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Skwar wrote: > Sven Köhler wrote: >> My glibc 2.3.6 (with userlocales turned off) never >> creates such locales. > > There's no such flag as "userlocales". > Sorry, I cannot help with the issue but I do know there is a userlocales flag, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Farhan Ahmed wrote: > Alexander Skwar wrote: >> Sven Köhler wrote: >> (snip) >> >> > What might have been the last glibc-version with UTF-8 locales? >> >> 2.3.6-r3 or 2.4-r1 > > No. Glibc-2.4-r1 used .utf8 locales. That might be. Then I wonder, why I had no problems with .UTF-8 when I was using

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Farhan Ahmed
Alexander Skwar wrote: > Sven Köhler wrote: > (snip) > > > What might have been the last glibc-version with UTF-8 locales? > > 2.3.6-r3 or 2.4-r1 No. Glibc-2.4-r1 used .utf8 locales.. Just as an example of .utf8 usage even before glibc-2.4 read this Gentoo Weekly NewsLetter: http://www.gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Farhan Ahmed wrote: > Sven Köhler wrote: >> (snip) >> >> I also looked it up on a Redhat-System: no .UTF-8 locales. >> >> >> What might have been the last glibc-version with UTF-8 locales? >> (i don't remember to have seen that over the last few years) > > I think some .UTF-8 locales were used

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Sven Köhler wrote: >> Yesterday I updated from glibc-2.4-r1 to glibc-2.4-r2. Since then, >> I've got problems with my UTF-8 locale. I suppose, that is because >> the UTF-8 denomination seems to have changed from .UTF-8 to .utf8: > > .UTF-8 changed from .utf8? Yep. > That's not true. Wrong, it i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Farhan Ahmed
Sven Köhler wrote: > (snip) > > I also looked it up on a Redhat-System: no .UTF-8 locales. > > > What might have been the last glibc-version with UTF-8 locales? > (i don't remember to have seen that over the last few years) I think some .UTF-8 locales were used uptil recently.. I read the "Usin

[gentoo-user] Re: glibc-2.4-r2: Problems with UTF-8 locale

2006-05-05 Thread Sven Köhler
> Yesterday I updated from glibc-2.4-r1 to glibc-2.4-r2. Since then, > I've got problems with my UTF-8 locale. I suppose, that is because > the UTF-8 denomination seems to have changed from .UTF-8 to .utf8: .UTF-8 changed from .utf8? That's not true. My glibc 2.3.6 (with userlocales turned off) n