and
POSIX character set descriptions
-Ulrich Drepper Time-stamp: <1997/02/12 22:13:01 drepper>
-drepper@cygnus.com
+Ulrich Drepper Time-stamp: <2004/11/27 13:06:54 drepper>
+drepper@redhat.com
-This add-on package contains the data needed to build the locale data
-files to use the internationalization features of the GNU libc.
+This directory contains the data needed to build the locale data files
+to use the internationalization features of the GNU libc.
POSIX.2 describes the `localedef' utility which is part of the GNU libc.
You need this program to "compile" the locale description in a form
suitable for fast access by the GNU libc functions. Any compilation is
based on a given character set.
-To use these data files you should add the name of this add-on
-(localedata) to the list of add-on you specify while compiling the GNU
-libc:
-
- configure --enable-add-ons=...,localedata ...
-
-where ... are the options you normally choose. Once you run `make
-install' for the GNU libc the data files are automatically installed in
-the right place, ready for use by the `localedef' program.
-
+Once you run `make install' for the GNU libc the data files are
+automatically installed in the right place, ready for use by the
+`localedef' program.
To compile the locale data files you simply have to decide which locale
(based on the location and the language) and which character set you
localedef -i fr_CA -f ISO-8859-1 fr_CA
This will place the 6 output files in the appropriate directory where
-the GNU libc functions can find them. Please note that you need the
-rights to write to this directory ($(prefix)/share/locale, where
+the GNU libc functions can find them. Please note that you need
+permission to write to this directory ($(prefix)/share/locale, where
$(prefix) is the value you specified while configuring GNU libc). If
-you do not have the necessary rights, you can write the files into an
+you do not have the necessary permissions, you can write the files into an
arbitrary directory by giving a path including a '/' character instead
of `fr_CA'. E.g., to put the new files in a subdirectory of the
current directory simply use
How to use these data files is described in the GNU libc manual,
especially in the section describing the `setlocale' function.
+All problems should be reported using
-The here contained files can originally be found at
-
- ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection
-
-Keld Jörn Simonsen from the Danish Unix User Group maintains this
-archive on behalf of the POSIX working groups. When you find some wrong
-data or want to add something please contact
-
- Keld Jörn Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk>
-and
- Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
-
-Please make sure your corrections are relativ to the originally
-distributed files. Consult the CHECKSUMS file which contains the MD5
-sums for all data files.
+ http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/
One more note: the `POSIX' locale definition is not meant to be used