Re: gettext binaries for Cygwin

[Brian . Inglis]

On 2024-12-04 15:23, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Brian Inglis wrote:
> > > I don't exactly understand what you mean? Will you request a change to the
> > > base-files package? Even if so, such a change has no effect on the .profile
> > > and .bashrc of users that have already a Cygwin installation, right? It has
> > > only an effect on users when they _create_ a new home directory in Cygwin, 
> > > right?

> > Not at all - updates work similar to Linux skeletons and configs - preremove
> > script checks if files in the manifest are still identical to the default
> > skeleton and removes the installed copy, and the postinstall script installs the
> > new default skeleton if no user customized script exists
>
> OK, then I'm waiting for the new base-files package version that sets the
> environment variables as expected.

Previous discussion that I could find:

https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2016-August/229324.html

suggests that `locale -iU` might be preferred selection instead of current use 
of `locale -uU` in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh.

Denis,

could you please run the commands:

$ echo LANG "$LANG" CTYPE "$LC_CTYPE" ALL "$LC_ALL"
$ locale
$ for o in s u f i n; do echo "locale -$o: `locale -$o`"; done

and post your results for comparison to mine and Brunos' as a small sample?

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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