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On 05/08/2013 23:52, Chris Stankevitz wrote: |
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> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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>> The handbook documents setting a system-wide default locale. You |
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>> generally do this by setting the LANG variable in |
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>> /etc/conf.d/02locale. |
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>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=8#doc_chap3_sect3 |
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> Mike, |
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> Thank you for your help. I attempted to follow these instructions and |
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> ran into three problems. Can you please confirm the fixes I employed |
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> to deal with each of these issues: |
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> 1. The handbook suggests I should modify the file /etc/env.d/02locale, |
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> but that file does not exist on my system. RESOLUTION: create the |
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> file |
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Run "eselect locale", first with the "list" parameter and then the "set" |
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parameter as appropriate. It's easier. |
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> 2. The handbook suggests I should add this line to |
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> /etc/env.d/02locale: 'LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"', but I do not speak the |
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> language "DE". RESOLUTION: type instead 'LANG="en_US.UTF-8"' to match |
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> /etc/locale.gen |
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Legitimate locales are those installed with glibc. These can be shown |
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with either "eselect locale list" or "locale -a". |
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> 3. The handbook suggests that I should add this line to |
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> /etc/env.d/02locale: 'LC_COLLATE="C"', but I do not know if they are |
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> again talking about the language "DE". RESOLUTION: I assumed |
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> LC_COLLATE=C refers to english and added the line without |
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> modification. |
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C refers to the POSIX locale [1]. |
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Defining LC_COLLATE is a workaround for behaviour deeemed surprising to |
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those otherwise unaware of the impact of collations. For example, files |
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beginning with a dot might no longer appear at the top of a directory |
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listing and ranges in regular expressions may be affected, depending on |
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the extent to which a given program abides by the locale. Poorly written |
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shell scripts that capture from ls (assuming a given order) might also |
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be affected. |
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If undefined, the value of LC_COLLATE is inherited from LANG. I'm not |
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sure that overriding it is particularly useful nowadays but it doesn't hurt. |
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--Kerin |
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[1] |
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http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap07.html#tag_07_02 |
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