Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 18:47:45 +0200 From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/msgdef Makefile src/etc Makefile src/etc/mtree BSD.usr.dist src/lib/libc/locale lmessages.c Message-ID: <20011221184745.A91245@ark.cris.net> In-Reply-To: <20011221151756.GC98626@nagual.pp.ru>; from ache@nagual.pp.ru on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 06:17:56PM %2B0300 References: <200112211314.fBLDE2b42673@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011221151756.GC98626@nagual.pp.ru>
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hi, On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 06:17:56PM +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > > phantom 2001/12/21 05:14:02 PST > > > > Modified files: > > share/msgdef Makefile > > etc Makefile > > etc/mtree BSD.usr.dist > > lib/libc/locale lmessages.c > > Log: > > Slightly re-work locale messages storage scheme. Before this commit > > LC_MESSAGES related data was installed to <locale>/LC_MESSAGES file. > > Now it go to <locale>/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES file. LC_MESSAGES > > directory is supposed to be storage of message catalogs of userland tools. > > This should allow us to avoid many potential problems with future > > libintl related functionality introduction. > > It breaks static binary compatibility at least. I don't think that > touching system locale hierarchy is the right solution - libintl is not Hmm... I not sure how it will break compatibility. Anyway, since this functionality is not merged to RELENG_4 (whole LC_MESSAGES support) I don't think that preserving compatibility is important issue. > locale. It will be better to make separate hierarchy for libintl (f.e. > 'intl') as done for nls. Such behavior is not applicable to any existent gettext() implementation. Why create additional incompatility between even BSD's (not to mention Linux even) ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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