Re: Locale setting problem

[Sridhar Srinivasan <sridhars@nc.rr.com>]

On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 08:44:07AM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 10:52:26AM -0400, Sridhar Srinivasan wrote:
> > i get messages about generating the new locales. my problem is that these
> > new locales do not appear when i try locale -a.
> 
> They won't.
> 
> > can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?
> 
> Sure.  You're not reading bug #166979.  The locale command doesn't know
> anything about locale-archive files, and that's what gets created by
> default these days.
> 
> To get a true picture of what locales you have built, use both 'locale -a'
> and 'localedef --list-archive'.
> 
> Supposedly glibc 2.3.2 enhances the locale binary.

thanks for the info. so i guess i will have to try to upgrade my glibc
as i'm currently at 2.3.1 but it doesn't show up on dselect, any
suggestions?

thanks,
sridhar