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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2010-03-05 15:44:03 +0000
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2010-03-05 15:44:03 +0000
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* setup2.sgml (setup-env): Add cross reference to using-cygwinenv.
Change description for locale environment variables to comply with changes in 1.7.2.
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-03-05 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+ * setup2.sgml (setup-env): Add cross reference to using-cygwinenv.
+ Change description for locale environment variables to comply with
+ changes in 1.7.2.
+
2010-03-02 Charles Wilson <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Describe XDR support.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/setup2.sgml b/winsup/doc/setup2.sgml
index c2baad5..d4dd2da 100644
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+++ b/winsup/doc/setup2.sgml
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ DOS shell, before launching bash.</para>
</screen>
<para>
+For all possible settings of the <envar>CYGWIN</envar> environment variable,
+see <xref linkend="using-cygwinenv"></xref>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
Locale support is controlled by the <envar>LANG</envar> and
-<envar>LC_xxx</envar> environment variables. You can set all of them
-but Cygwin itself only honors the variables <envar>LC_ALL</envar>,
-<envar>LC_CTYPE</envar>, and <envar>LANG</envar>, in this order, according
-to the POSIX standard. The first one found rules. For a more detailed
-description see <xref linkend="setup-locale"></xref>.
+<envar>LC_xxx</envar> environment variables. Since Cygwin 1.7.2, all of
+them are honored and have a meaning. For a more detailed description see
+<xref linkend="setup-locale"></xref>.
</para>
<para>