Re: After upgrading locale doesn't work
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 jim@mail.antstudio.org wrote:
> Just a few minutes ago I still had a working Chinese environment(woody
> with task -chinese-s, task-chinese-t and cpanel installed), but now I
> cannot see even a sin gle Chinese char in X! All the chars appeared as
> unrecognizable ones. :((
>
> The single reason for this is that I did an "apt-get dist-upgrade"
> after I saw there's a new locales pkg available.
Yes, the reason is that Debian woody recently upgraded to glibc 2.1.99
(i.e. the upcoming glibc_2.2) with new and improved locale handling, but
is incompatible with the locale files for glibc 2.1.x. I haven't upgraded
to woody yet, so I am not sure if Debian's glibc_2.1.99 comes with the
new Chinese locale files.
> btw, why doesn't this list have a FAQ? why don't those senior Chinese
> debian users/developers introduce some of their own experience on how
> to setup Chinese environment to Chinese debian newbies? If they are
> just too busy, I really wish I could help...
Yes, that is indeed the reason. I had wanted to write one myself for a
very long time now, but I just haven't got the time to write it yet, and
now that school has started, I have hardly any time to work on Debian
lately. (My apologies.) Here is part of what I wanted to write:
http://www.debian.org/zh/faq
http://www.debian.org/zh/devel/zhongwenhua
and also a quick-and-easy step-by-step procedure for installing Chinese
support in Debian. (Yes, apparently, after installing task-chinese-*
packages, the user still needs to do some manual configurations before
he/she can experience the full Chinese environment.)
Yes, if you have time, we would love to include your contributions.
Thanks a million!
Cheers,
Anthony
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Anthony Fok Tung-Ling Civil and Environmental Engineering
foka@ualberta.ca, foka@debian.org University of Alberta, Canada
Debian GNU/Linux Chinese Project -- http://www.debian.org/zh/
Come visit Our Lady of Victory Camp -- http://www.olvc.ab.ca/
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