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@@ -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. |