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[glibc.git] / localedata / README

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--- a/localedata/README
+++ b/localedata/README
@@ -2,28 +2,21 @@
                                  and
                    POSIX character set descriptions
 
-Ulrich Drepper                 Time-stamp: <1997/02/12 22:13:01 drepper>
+Ulrich Drepper                 Time-stamp: <2000/07/20 13:08:24 aj>
 drepper@cygnus.com
 
 
-This add-on package contains the data needed to build the locale data
-files to use the internationalization features of the GNU libc.
+This directory contains the data needed to build the locale data files
+to use the internationalization features of the GNU libc.
 
 POSIX.2 describes the `localedef' utility which is part of the GNU libc.
 You need this program to "compile" the locale description in a form
 suitable for fast access by the GNU libc functions.  Any compilation is
 based on a given character set.
 
-To use these data files you should add the name of this add-on
-(localedata) to the list of add-on you specify while compiling the GNU
-libc:
-
-       configure --enable-add-ons=...,localedata ...
-
-where ... are the options you normally choose. Once you run `make
-install' for the GNU libc the data files are automatically installed in
-the right place, ready for use by the `localedef' program.
-
+Once you run `make install' for the GNU libc the data files are
+automatically installed in the right place, ready for use by the
+`localedef' program.
 
 To compile the locale data files you simply have to decide which locale
 (based on the location and the language) and which character set you
@@ -34,10 +27,10 @@ desired data should happen like this:
        localedef -i fr_CA -f ISO-8859-1 fr_CA
 
 This will place the 6 output files in the appropriate directory where
-the GNU libc functions can find them.  Please note that you need the
-rights to write to this directory ($(prefix)/share/locale, where
+the GNU libc functions can find them.  Please note that you need
+permission to write to this directory ($(prefix)/share/locale, where
 $(prefix) is the value you specified while configuring GNU libc).  If
-you do not have the necessary rights, you can write the files into an
+you do not have the necessary permissions, you can write the files into an
 arbitrary directory by giving a path including a '/' character instead
 of `fr_CA'.  E.g., to put the new files in a subdirectory of the
 current directory simply use
@@ -48,7 +41,7 @@ How to use these data files is described in the GNU libc manual,
 especially in the section describing the `setlocale' function.
 
 
-The here contained files can originally be found at
+The files contained here were originally from
 
        ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection
 
@@ -60,7 +53,7 @@ data or want to add something please contact
 and
        Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
-Please make sure your corrections are relativ to the originally
+Please make sure your corrections are relative to the originally
 distributed files.  Consult the CHECKSUMS file which contains the MD5
 sums for all data files.