Re: [CT-NG 1.11.1] eglibc internationalization support

[BenoÃt THÃBAUDEAU <benoit dot thebaudeau at advansee dot com>]

Hi Yann, all,

Does somebody have suggestions/comments/preferences or need more
time to answer, or should I propose a patch first, then discuss?

Regards,
BenoÃt

----- Original Message -----
> From: "BenoÃt THÃBAUDEAU" <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
> To: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
> Cc: crossgcc@sourceware.org
> Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 7:32:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [CT-NG 1.11.1] eglibc internationalization support
>
> Hi Yann, all!
>
> > > I have nothing important to say about it for now. Looks good.
> > > With the add-ons selection chmanges on-going, I thinks that it
> > > should
> > > be
> > > added as an available add-on.
> >
> > Sure, but as an add-on handled automatically by CT-NG like nptl
> > (this
> > is
> > what my patch does), or as an optional add-on from
> > CT_LIBC_ADDONS_LIST?
> >
> > Also note that it is possible to limit the set of locales to
> > install
> > with
> > SUPPORTED-LOCALES, but I'm note sure adding such a config would be
> > very
> > useful for CT-NG.
>
> I have briefly looked at glibc's and eglibc's Makefiles. Both have a
> localedata/install-locales target, but apparently only for native
> builds
> since they use the built localedef. A host localedef is required in
> order
> to install the locales, hence eglibc's localedef add-on.
> Unfortunately,
> there doesn't seem to be such an add-on for glibc.
>
> The options for eglibc are:
> 1) Use the localedef add-on.
> 2) Use a pre-installed host version of localedef.
>
> The options for glibc are:
> 1) Use eglibc's localedef add-on if it works, but it's probably
> better to
>    avoid mixing packages.
> 2) Use a pre-installed host version of localedef.
> 3) Do not support installing target locales, which would be a shame.
>
> I think 2) would be the best for both since it would avoid
> eglibc/glibc
> branches. The host localedef would be detected by CT-NG's configure.
>
> Do you think the installation of locales should be mandatory, or a
> config
> option?
>
> Do you think that the list of locales to install should be a
> configuration,
> or that all locales should be installed?
>
> Tools like BuildRoot have an option to purge the target locales
> installed
> from a toolchain, so too many config options concerning locales is
> perhaps
> useless for CT-NG.
>
> Tell me what you think.
>
> Regards,
> BenoÃt

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