Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 02/08/06 22:52 CST:
> The blacklist approach ("If a package is not listed
> here, it means there are no known locale specific issues or problems
> with that package" on
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/introduction/locale-issues.html)
>
> effectively defeats the purpose of the page because the blackilst is
> always incomplete.
>
> Yes, this does mean that UTF-8 support in LFS is next to useless now.
FYI: Here is an update committed to the page listed above. Any further
discussion on the issue of BLFS' locale-specific information should
probably go to BLFS-Dev.
- <para>For package specific issues, find the concerned package from the list
+ <para>For package-specific issues, find the concerned package from the list
below and follow the link to view the available information. If a package
- is not listed here, it means there are no known locale specific issues or
- problems with that package.</para>
+ is not listed here, it does not mean there are no known locale-specific
+ issues or problems with that package. It only means that this page has not
+ been updated with the locale-specific information regarding that package.
+ Please reference the BLFS Wiki page for a particular package for any
+ additional locale-specific information. </para>
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