swift 05/06/02 19:07:11 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en guide-localization.xml Log: #81895 - Setting LC_ALL alone is not sufficient for some misbehaving applications; set LANG as well
Revision Changes Path 1.25 +9 -4 xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml?rev=1.25&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml?rev=1.25&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml.diff?r1=1.24&r2=1.25&cvsroot=gentoo Index: guide-localization.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml,v retrieving revision 1.24 retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -r1.24 -r1.25 --- guide-localization.xml 25 May 2005 17:16:13 -0000 1.24 +++ guide-localization.xml 2 Jun 2005 19:07:11 -0000 1.25 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml,v 1.24 2005/05/25 17:16:13 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml,v 1.25 2005/06/02 19:07:11 swift Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/guide-localization.xml"> @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ the German doc. Includes configuration for use of the euro currency symbol. </abstract> -<version>1.15</version> -<date>2005-05-25</date> +<version>1.16</version> +<date>2005-06-02</date> <chapter> <title>Time zone</title> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ country and language specific settings. The locales and their data are part of the system library and can be found at <path>/usr/share/locale</path> on most systems. A locale name is generally -named <c>ab_CD</c >where <c>ab</c> is your two (or three) letter +named <c>ab_CD</c> where <c>ab</c> is your two (or three) letter language code (as specified in ISO-639) and <c>CD</c> is your two letter country code (as specified in ISO-3199). </p> @@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ </tr> </table> +<note> +Even though most programs work with LC_ALL only, some of them misbehave if +LC_ALL is set but LANG isn't. If you want to play safe, set them <e>both</e>. +</note> + <p> Most typically users only set the LANG variable and perhaps LC_CTYPE variable on user level by adding definitions to shells startup files defining -- [email protected] mailing list
