[Fwd: X 3.3.3.1 vs Sk/Cz - why it's better - maybe solved]

[Miroslav Vasko]

Caute vospolok.

Na zaklade tejto odpovede si dovolim tvrdit, ze v 3.3.4-3 BUDE zaradena
podpora Sk/Cz - to znamena klavesnice a oprava locale.alias.

Vyhlasujem vseobecne oslavy a orgie :-)))

Miro.

Branden Robinson wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 08:09:19AM +0200, Miroslav Vasko wrote:
> > my friend, who had compiled 3.3.3.1 from sources, discovered this:
> >
> > if Xwindows are compiled with -DX_LOCALE, then it does not function
> > right like 3.3.2.3 in hamm. if it's compiled WITHOUT -DX_LOCALE,
> > everything's fine!
> >
> > if in libX11.so.* is symbol _Xsetlocale, it's broken
> >
> > can you tell mi, how are X windows compiled now? I had 3.3.3.1 compiled
> > for Slink and it's ok.
> 
> This is a well known problem (at least in some circles).  The X_LOCALE
> symbol only needs to be defined if the underlying C library does not
> provide its own locale handling functions (or if they are inadequate).
> 
> This is true of Linux libc5, but not GNU libc2 (called libc6 on Linux
> boxes).
> 
> So whether you define X_LOCALE depends on which version of the C library
> you are building against.
> 
> > I hope, that in Potato will be X 3.3.4 compiled without this flag.
> 
> Of course.  The libc5 compatibility packages (xlib6, xlib6-altdev, and
> xlib6-static) will be compiled with it, and everything else will not be.
> 
> Debian has done it this way for a very long time.
> 
> > And another thing - in 3.3.4 you have to apply locale.alias.diff, as
> > discovered one of our members.
> 
> Okay.  This didn't make it into xfree86-1 3.3.4-2, which is compiling now,
> but it will in the next release.
> 
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