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From: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Locale bikeshed time
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:36:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140722203648.GB11570@brightrain.aerifal.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53CEC6EE.9030404@skarnet.org>

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 09:17:50PM +0100, Laurent Bercot wrote:
> 
> >So, the first bikeshed decision to be made is what environment
> >variable to use for the locale path, and what fallback should be if
> >it's not set. Glibc uses $LOCPATH. On the one hand it would be nice to
> >use the same var (since apps are already aware of the need to treat it
> >specially), but on the other it's undesirable to have them tied
> >together (e.g. if you're using musl as a non-root installation and
> >can't write to /usr/lib) and to avoid clashing with glibc's files we
> >would need to choose a subdirectory under $LOCPATH rather than using
> >it directly. All of these aspects make it a lot less attractive.
> 
>  Well, my suggestion is going to be ugly, but it's the most flexible
> one: have two variables. LOCPATH for compatibility, and something
> like MUSL_LOCPATH for admins who fear conflicts. Try $MUSL_LOCPATH
> first, then fallback to $LOCPATH if MUSL_LOCPATH is not set, then
> fallback to a hard-coded directory.

Do you have in mind a usage case this would be beneficial for?

Rich


  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-22 20:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-22 18:49 Rich Felker
2014-07-22 20:10 ` u-igbb
2014-07-22 20:35   ` Rich Felker
2014-07-23  9:50     ` u-igbb
2014-07-23 16:39       ` Rich Felker
2014-07-23 19:25         ` u-igbb
2014-07-23 21:01           ` Rich Felker
2014-07-24 15:35             ` u-igbb
2014-07-24 16:01               ` Rich Felker
2014-07-24 19:24                 ` u-igbb
2014-07-24 20:15                 ` u-igbb
2014-07-24 22:02                   ` Rich Felker
2014-07-25  9:06                     ` u-igbb
2014-07-25 20:15                       ` u-igbb
2014-07-25 22:32                         ` Rich Felker
2014-07-26  7:25                           ` u-igbb
2014-07-26  8:03                             ` Rich Felker
2014-07-26  9:06                               ` Jens Gustedt
2014-07-26  9:25                                 ` Rich Felker
2014-07-26  9:38                               ` u-igbb
2014-07-26 17:47                                 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2014-07-26 18:23                                   ` Rich Felker
2014-07-26 18:59                                     ` u-igbb
2014-07-26 19:14                                       ` Rich Felker
2014-07-26 18:56                                   ` u-igbb
2014-07-26 19:30                                     ` Rich Felker
2014-07-27  7:28                                       ` u-igbb
2014-07-26 20:43                         ` Rich Felker
2014-07-27  7:51                           ` u-igbb
2014-07-27  8:00                             ` Rich Felker
2014-07-27  8:24                               ` u-igbb
2014-07-23 23:22         ` writeonce
2014-07-23 23:38           ` Rich Felker
2014-07-24  1:07             ` writeonce
2014-07-24  1:57               ` Rich Felker
2014-07-24  2:16                 ` writeonce
2014-07-24  2:24                   ` Rich Felker
2014-07-24  2:59                     ` writeonce
2014-07-22 20:17 ` Laurent Bercot
2014-07-22 20:36   ` Rich Felker [this message]
2014-07-23 22:03     ` Laurent Bercot
2014-07-23 22:12       ` Rich Felker
2014-07-24 15:38         ` u-igbb

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