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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | localedata/Makefile | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/install.texi | 31 |
5 files changed, 88 insertions, 20 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +2018-07-26 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> + + * localedata/Makefile (INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALES): Remove. + (INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALE-ARCHIVE): Define. + (INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALE-FILES): Define. + (install-locales): Depend on install-locale-archive. + (install-locale-archive): Define. + (install-lcoale-files): Define. + (build-one-locale): Define macro. + * manual/install.texi (Running make install): Document. + * manual/INSTALL: Regenerate. + 2018-08-02 Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org> * benchtests/scripts/compare_strings.py: Import traceback. @@ -424,13 +424,33 @@ a pseudoterminal so it can be used by the calling process. If you are using a Linux kernel with the 'devpts' filesystem enabled and mounted at '/dev/pts', you don't need this program. - After installation you might want to configure the timezone and -locale installation of your system. The GNU C Library comes with a -locale database which gets configured with 'localedef'. For example, to -set up a German locale with name 'de_DE', simply issue the command -'localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE'. To configure all locales that + After installation you should configure the timezone and install +locales for your system. The time zone configuration ensures that your +system time matches the time for your current timezone. The locales +ensure that the display of information on your system matches the +expectations of your language and geographic region. + + The GNU C Library is able to use two kinds of localization +information sources, the first is a locale database named +'locale-archive' which is generally installed as +'/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive'. The locale archive has the benefit of +taking up less space and being very fast to load, but only if you plan +to install sixty or more locales. If you plan to install one or two +locales you can instead install individual locales into their self-named +directories e.g. '/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8'. For example to install +the German locale using the character set for UTF-8 with name 'de_DE' +into the locale archive issue the command 'localedef -i de_DE -f UTF-8 +de_DE', and to install just the one locale issue the command 'localedef +--no-archive -i de_DE -f UTF-8 de_DE'. To configure all locales that are supported by the GNU C Library, you can issue from your build -directory the command 'make localedata/install-locales'. +directory the command 'make localedata/install-locales' to install all +locales into the locale archive or 'make +localedata/install-locale-files' to install all locales as files in the +default configured locale installation directory (derived from +'--prefix' or '--localedir'). To install into an alternative system +root use 'DESTDIR' e.g. 'make localedata/install-locale-files +DESTDIR=/opt/glibc', but note that this does not change the configured +prefix. To configure the locally used timezone, set the 'TZ' environment variable. The script 'tzselect' helps you to select the right value. @@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ Version 2.29 Major new features: - [Add new features here] +* A new convenience target has been added for distribution maintainers + to build and install all locales as directories with files. The new + target is run by issuing the following command in your build tree: + 'make localedata/install-locale-files', with an optional DESTDIR + to set the install root if you wish to install into a non-default + configured location. Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: diff --git a/localedata/Makefile b/localedata/Makefile index 13c5423..0eea396 100644 --- a/localedata/Makefile +++ b/localedata/Makefile @@ -380,12 +380,18 @@ endif include SUPPORTED -INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALES=$(addprefix install-, $(SUPPORTED-LOCALES)) +INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALE-ARCHIVE=$(addprefix install-archive-, $(SUPPORTED-LOCALES)) +INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALE-FILES=$(addprefix install-files-, $(SUPPORTED-LOCALES)) # Sometimes the whole collection of locale files should be installed. LOCALEDEF=I18NPATH=. GCONV_PATH=$(common-objpfx)iconvdata LC_ALL=C \ $(rtld-prefix) $(common-objpfx)locale/localedef -install-locales: $(INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALES) +install-locales: install-locale-archive + +# Create and install the locale-archive file. +install-locale-archive: $(INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALE-ARCHIVE) +# Create and install the locales individually (no archive). +install-locale-files: $(INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALE-FILES) install-locales-dir: $(..)./scripts/mkinstalldirs $(inst_complocaledir) @@ -393,11 +399,10 @@ install-locales-dir: # The SHIFT_JIS and SHIFT_JISX0213 character maps are not ASCII compatible, # therefore we have to use --no-warnings=ascii to disable the ASCII check. # See localedata/gen-locale.sh for the same logic. -$(INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALES): install-locales-dir - @locale=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/^install-//'`; \ +define build-one-locale + locale=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/^install-[a-z]*-//'`; \ charset=`echo $$locale | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`; \ locale=`echo $$locale | sed -e 's,/[^/]*,,'`; \ - flags="-c"; \ if [ "$$charset" = 'SHIFT_JIS' ] \ || [ "$$charset" = 'SHIFT_JISX0213' ]; then \ flags="$$flags --no-warnings=ascii"; \ @@ -410,7 +415,16 @@ $(INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALES): install-locales-dir $(LOCALEDEF) $$flags --alias-file=../intl/locale.alias \ -i locales/$$input -f charmaps/$$charset \ $(addprefix --prefix=,$(install_root)) $$locale \ - && echo ' done'; \ + && echo ' done'; +endef + +$(INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALE-ARCHIVE): install-locales-dir + @flags="-c"; \ + $(build-one-locale) + +$(INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALE-FILES): install-locales-dir + @flags="-c --no-archive"; \ + $(build-one-locale) tst-setlocale-ENV = LC_ALL=ja_JP.EUC-JP tst-wctype-ENV = LC_ALL=ja_JP.EUC-JP diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index c39e63b..f9cc190 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -465,13 +465,30 @@ permissions on a pseudoterminal so it can be used by the calling process. If you are using a Linux kernel with the @code{devpts} filesystem enabled and mounted at @file{/dev/pts}, you don't need this program. -After installation you might want to configure the timezone and locale -installation of your system. @Theglibc{} comes with a locale -database which gets configured with @code{localedef}. For example, to -set up a German locale with name @code{de_DE}, simply issue the command -@samp{localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE}. To configure all locales -that are supported by @theglibc{}, you can issue from your build directory the -command @samp{make localedata/install-locales}. +After installation you should configure the timezone and install locales +for your system. The time zone configuration ensures that your system +time matches the time for your current timezone. The locales ensure that +the display of information on your system matches the expectations of +your language and geographic region. + +@Theglibc{} is able to use two kinds of localization information sources, the +first is a locale database named @file{locale-archive} which is generally +installed as @file{/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive}. The locale archive has the +benefit of taking up less space and being very fast to load, but only if you +plan to install sixty or more locales. If you plan to install one or two +locales you can instead install individual locales into their self-named +directories e.g.@: @file{/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8}. For example to install +the German locale using the character set for UTF-8 with name @code{de_DE} into +the locale archive issue the command @samp{localedef -i de_DE -f UTF-8 de_DE}, +and to install just the one locale issue the command @samp{localedef +--no-archive -i de_DE -f UTF-8 de_DE}. To configure all locales that are +supported by @theglibc{}, you can issue from your build directory the command +@samp{make localedata/install-locales} to install all locales into the locale +archive or @samp{make localedata/install-locale-files} to install all locales +as files in the default configured locale installation directory (derived from +@samp{--prefix} or @code{--localedir}). To install into an alternative system +root use @samp{DESTDIR} e.g.@: @samp{make localedata/install-locale-files +DESTDIR=/opt/glibc}, but note that this does not change the configured prefix. To configure the locally used timezone, set the @code{TZ} environment variable. The script @code{tzselect} helps you to select the right value. |