On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:36:29 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > /etc/locale.gen defines which locales are supported on your system. > > > > /etc/env.d/02locale defines which of these locale you are actually > > using by setting LANG and LC_* environment variables. Files > > in /etc/env.d/ end up in /etc/profile.env (by running the env-update > > command), which is evaluated from /etc/profile and as such by every > > shell. If you want different settings for your user, override that > > stuff in your ~/.bash_profile.
> So to check my understanding of your answer (and thanks for the > answer!) unless a locale is defined in /etc/locale.gen, and then > locale-gen has also been run, then that locale is not even available > to be evaluated by /etc/profile. The default, if you have not edited /etc/locale.gen, is to install all locales. They are built when glibc is emerged, so they will all be available if you do nothing. /etc/locale.gen enables you to configure which locales are built, local-gen enables you to apply the new setting without recompiling glibc. -- Neil Bothwick A good pun is its own reword.
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