Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 22:33:48 +0900 From: Motoyuki Konno <motoyuki@freebsd.org> To: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@freebsd.org> Cc: Motoyuki Konno <motoyuki@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: several locale renames were MFCed Message-ID: <200201061333.g06DXmd05825@sakura.mk.bsdclub.org> References: <20020105183137.A79023@ark.cris.net> <200201060751.g067pJd05268@sakura.mk.bsdclub.org> <20020106145658.A24730@ark.cris.net>
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Hi,
Alexey Zelkin <phantom@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Many ports assumes that FreeBSD uses *.EUC locale name.
> > For example, X applications stores locale-specific resource
> > files under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/[locale name]/. Currently,
> > many ports install their Japanese locale resource files
> > under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ja_JP.EUC/. We must fix these ports.
>
> I am not expert in X11 locale, but quick look on half-year old
> setup XFree86-4.1.0's X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.aliases shown
> that ja_JP.eucJP is prefered name and ja_JP.EUC is preserved
> there for compatibility.
>
> As conclusion I may suggest to fix ports. But since many
> things named ja_JP.EUC are placed to distfiles (as far as I could
> see from quick look to your list) and these ports are supposed
> to be usable at pre-4.5 -STABLE also I would suggest to setup
> compability (symbolic?) link between old EUC and new eucXX directories/files.
>
> Should it be enough to satisfy everybody ?
There are still difficulties with this solution.
a. In case /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ja_JP.EUC/ exists,
"ln ja_JP.eucJP ja_JP.EUC" will fail.
b. If a user installs pre-4.5 binary package,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ja_JP.EUC directory will be created.
So, please wait for a while. I'll discuss this problem with other
developers in Japan. Then, we'll fix ports.
> NOTE: Don't do it now, please because if I get at least few requests
> to backout *EUC to *euc* rename it will be backed out.
If we have **enough time** before 4.5-RELEASE, I don't request to
backout renames.
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