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Re: [PATCH v2] locale: don't crash if locale-archive contains all zeros
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien at aurel32 dot net>
- Cc: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>, Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>, <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:43:39 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] locale: don't crash if locale-archive contains all zeros
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On Tue, 3 Dec 2013, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Isn't it possible to break the format between releases, iow people are
> not supposed to rebuild the locales when installing a new libc?
We have in fact already broken it for 2.19, when char is signed, as
described in the NEWS file, in order to make locale files not depend on
any system property other than endianness.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com