Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
> So, below are a couple of patches implementing ideas that were discussed here
> and on IRC to improve the locale mess.
>
> The first patch adds the 'GUIX_LOCPATH' environment variable, the idea being
> that on foreign distros, users could set this variable instead of 'LOCPATH',
> and the host distro's programs wouldn't break.
>
> The second patch was suggested by Mark. It basically adds "/2.22" to every
> directory name specified in LOCPATH, as well as to the default locale
> directory. The idea here is that libc would only stumble on compatible
> locale data.
>
> Actually with that second patch, I think 'GUIX_LOCPATH' is unneeded, because
> effectively Guix's libc would already be interpreting 'LOCPATH' differently.
> So my inclination would be to apply only the second one.
>
> Thoughts?
For compatibility reasons, I think we should add "/2.22" _only_ to the
entries of GUIX_LOCPATH. IMO, it's unwise to change the meaning of
LOCPATH. Some programs, build systems, or user scripts might use
"localedef" in a directory, set LOCPATH to that directory, and expect it
to work.
Mark
