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Date:      Sun, 15 Nov 2015 14:38:48 +0100 (CET)
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        bapt@freebsd.org
Cc:        ache@freebsd.org, dragonflybsd@marino.st, yaneurabeya@gmail.com, rodrigc@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, testing@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need help fixing failing locale tests
Message-ID:  <20151115.143848.41679525.sthaug@nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: <20151115130009.GC93991@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
References:  <20151115124656.GB93991@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <564880FA.5000009@freebsd.org> <20151115130009.GC93991@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>

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> > There is soft-fail, configure just marks that locales are not supported
> > and use "C". Sorry I don't remember port names where I saw it right now
> > and don't have a time to search for them right now too. Soft-fails (like
> > in tcl with nl_langinfo) are almost impossible to detect excepting
> > specific situation happens or source code inspection. Do we ever need
> > them when there is no harm to keep 8859-1 locales?
> 
> Is it ok if I readd those locales as aliases on 8859-15?

Why on earth would you want to do that when we can have the real thing?

I still see no good reason for dropping 8859-1.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no



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