Re: UTF-8 patch updated, please reconsider

2006-01-05 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Randy McMurchy wrote: I used 4.4.16 in my most recent build. I did not update BLFS to this version. There are some API changes, however, so far I've only had to patch Python. I am quite confident though, that if we run into any other issues there is either 1)patches already available or 2) we

Re: UTF-8 patch updated, please reconsider

2006-01-05 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 1/4/06, Alexander E. Patrakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tushar Teredesai wrote: In the ncurses instructions, you use the INPUT method to force linking against the widec versions. Wouldn't it be easier to just use symlinks like we do for ncurses? Or is there a particular reason for

Re: UTF-8 patch updated, please reconsider

2006-01-05 Thread Archaic
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 07:20:54PM +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: * Removed the all UTF-8-only bugs are WONTFIX note from chapter07/profile.xml (but it is still true), pointed to the BLFS page for locale related issues. Thanks, Alexander. * Convert Groff Debian patch to LFS-style

UTF-8 patch updated, please reconsider

2006-01-04 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Hello, I have updated the UTF-8 patch. The new version is available at: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~alexander/patches2/lfs_book-r7243-utf8-1.patch The rendered version is at: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~alexander/lfs-book/ Changes: * Implemented the install_root=/ method for

Re: UTF-8 patch updated, please reconsider

2006-01-04 Thread Randy McMurchy
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 01/04/06 08:20 CST: Please apply the patch, and, in the case if it is unsuitable as a whole, please don't revert parts that are actually OK. I thought it was almost 100% choice of folks that responded to use DB instead of the GDBM database. I realize

Re: UTF-8 patch updated, please reconsider

2006-01-04 Thread Randy McMurchy
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 01/04/06 10:16 CST: OK, I will build LFS and update the patch tomorrow. Comments on other parts of the patch are still welcome. Should I use DB-4.3.29 or 4.4.16? I used 4.4.16 in my most recent build. I did not update BLFS to this version. There

Re: UTF-8 patch updated, please reconsider

2006-01-04 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 1/4/06, Alexander E. Patrakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have updated the UTF-8 patch. The new version is available at: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~alexander/patches2/lfs_book-r7243-utf8-1.patch The rendered version is at: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~alexander/lfs-book/

Re: UTF-8 patch updated, please reconsider

2006-01-04 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Tushar Teredesai wrote: In the ncurses instructions, you use the INPUT method to force linking against the widec versions. Wouldn't it be easier to just use symlinks like we do for ncurses? Or is there a particular reason for choosing the INPUT method? If symlinks are used, the ldconfig