Re: X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: r2040 - trunk/debian
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 09:33:12PM -0500, X Strike Force SVN Repository Admin wrote:
> Author: branden
> Date: 2004-12-02 21:33:10 -0500 (Thu, 02 Dec 2004)
> New Revision: 2040
>
> Modified:
> trunk/debian/TODO
> Log:
> Defer item to -10 per discussion with Fabio.
>
>
> Modified: trunk/debian/TODO
> ===================================================================
> --- trunk/debian/TODO 2004-12-02 13:27:52 UTC (rev 2039)
> +++ trunk/debian/TODO 2004-12-03 02:33:10 UTC (rev 2040)
> @@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
> 4.3.0.dfsg.1-9
> --------------
>
> +* Add Debian-specific patch to uxterm to call validlocale(8) before trying to
> + launch xterm, per recommendation from Recai Oktas. If a valid locale isn't
> + set, bail out (would resolve #246398). (This patch would be Debian-specific
> + because validlocale is a Perl utility provided by base-config.)
validlocale is useful to generate the missing locale, but there are
simpler alternatives here, e.g. test if
LC_ALL=$locale locale charmap 2>/dev/null
returns UTF-8.
Denis
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