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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