On Sun, Jul 03, 2022 at 11:53:45AM +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> The package glibc-locales and glibc-locales-2.32 are nearly identical
> according to diffoscope.
>
> (ins)efraim@3900XT ~$ guix shell diffoscope -- diffoscope
> /gnu/store/ixzmi6614baf4w37qfjgqrv8hwsl8jcv-glibc-locales-2.33
> /gnu/store/zrq9pr31wl128y6nwyh2022i9jqxazpz-glibc-locales-2.32-2.32
> --- /gnu/store/ixzmi6614baf4w37qfjgqrv8hwsl8jcv-glibc-locales-2.33
> +++ /gnu/store/zrq9pr31wl128y6nwyh2022i9jqxazpz-glibc-locales-2.32-2.32
> │ --- /gnu/store/ixzmi6614baf4w37qfjgqrv8hwsl8jcv-glibc-locales-2.33/lib
> ├── +++
> /gnu/store/zrq9pr31wl128y6nwyh2022i9jqxazpz-glibc-locales-2.32-2.32/lib
> │ │ ---
> /gnu/store/ixzmi6614baf4w37qfjgqrv8hwsl8jcv-glibc-locales-2.33/lib/locale
> │ ├── +++
> /gnu/store/zrq9pr31wl128y6nwyh2022i9jqxazpz-glibc-locales-2.32-2.32/lib/locale
> │ │ ├── file list
> │ │ │ @@ -1 +1 @@
> │ │ │ -2.33
> │ │ │ +2.32
> │ --- /gnu/store/ixzmi6614baf4w37qfjgqrv8hwsl8jcv-glibc-locales-2.33/share
> ├── +++
> /gnu/store/zrq9pr31wl128y6nwyh2022i9jqxazpz-glibc-locales-2.32-2.32/share
> │ │ ---
> /gnu/store/ixzmi6614baf4w37qfjgqrv8hwsl8jcv-glibc-locales-2.33/share/doc
> │ ├── +++
> /gnu/store/zrq9pr31wl128y6nwyh2022i9jqxazpz-glibc-locales-2.32-2.32/share/doc
> │ │ ├── file list
> │ │ │ @@ -1 +1 @@
> │ │ │ -glibc-locales-2.33
> │ │ │ +glibc-locales-2.32-2.32
> │ │ ├── /gnu/store/8fpk2cja3f07xls48jfnpgrzrljpqivr-coreutils-8.32/bin/stat {}
> │ │ │ @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
> │ │ │
> │ │ │ - Size: 36 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory
> │ │ │ + Size: 46 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory
> │ │ │ Links: 1
> │ │ │ Access: (0555/dr-xr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/
> root)
> │ │ │
> │ │ │ Modify: 1970-01-01 00:00:01.000000000 +0000
> │ │ ├── /gnu/store/8fpk2cja3f07xls48jfnpgrzrljpqivr-coreutils-8.32/bin/stat {}
> │ │ │ @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
> │ │ │
> │ │ │ + Size: 46 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory
> │ │ │ - Size: 36 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory
> │ │ │ Links: 1
> │ │ │ Access: (0555/dr-xr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/
> root)
> │ │ │
> │ │ │ Modify: 1970-01-01 00:00:01.000000000 +0000
>
>
> So while it would be nice to build glibc-locales-2.32 with glibc-2.33 I
> don't think it's actually in use anywhere since IIRC we jumped from 2.31
> to 2.33.
>
> Also, for 2.33 I'd like to build it with glibc-final. glibc-locales
> doesn't retain a reference to any packages and it would reduce an
> instance of using an "extra" glibc when there's already one in the build
> environment.I misread the source. I'd like glibc-utf8-locales built with glibc-final. glibc-locales actually rebuilds the sources with an extra patch. I suppose another option would be to use glibc-locales to build glibc-utf8-locales. -- Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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