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> -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 07:07:00 up 137 days, 16:31, 3 users, load average: 1.31, 0.85, 0.40 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page