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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | manual/locale.texi | 10 |
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 5cd261285e..38c8ed96db 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-02-17 Dwayne Grant McConnell <decimal@us.ibm.com> + + [BZ #174] + * manual/locale.texi (setlocale): Document LOCPATH. + 2012-02-17 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> [BZ #10210] diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f8c1be7a51..c25d34343c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Version 2.16 * The following bugs are resolved with this release: - 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4822, 5805, 6884, 9902, 10140, 10210, 11494, 12047, - 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, - 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618 + 174, 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4822, 5805, 6884, 9902, 10140, 10210, 11494, + 12047, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, + 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618 * ISO C11 support: diff --git a/manual/locale.texi b/manual/locale.texi index d1a50cb0f4..23ad8bcdb3 100644 --- a/manual/locale.texi +++ b/manual/locale.texi @@ -279,6 +279,16 @@ If you specify an invalid locale name, @code{setlocale} returns a null pointer and leaves the current locale unchanged. @end deftypefun +The path used for finding locale data can be set using the +@code{LOCPATH} environment variable. The default path for finding +locale data is system specific. It is computed from the value given +as the prefix while configuring the C library. This value normally is +@file{/usr} or @file{/}. For the former the complete path is: + +@smallexample +/usr/lib/locale +@end smallexample + Here is an example showing how you might use @code{setlocale} to temporarily switch to a new locale. |