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-rw-r--r--localedata/locales/he_IL4
-rw-r--r--localedata/locales/iw_IL3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/localedata/locales/he_IL b/localedata/locales/he_IL
index 4ead30b3d9..bfd4d4aa65 100644
--- a/localedata/locales/he_IL
+++ b/localedata/locales/he_IL
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ escape_char  /
 % Charset: ISO-8859-8
 % Distribution and use is free, also
 % for commercial purposes.
+%
+% This locale replaces iw_IL, as the ISO-639 code for Hebrew was changed
+% from 'iw' to 'he' in 1989, according to Bruno Haible on libc-alpha
+% 2003-09-01.
 
 LC_IDENTIFICATION
 title      "Hebrew locale for Israel"
diff --git a/localedata/locales/iw_IL b/localedata/locales/iw_IL
index 683c696346..d72aa05c6b 100644
--- a/localedata/locales/iw_IL
+++ b/localedata/locales/iw_IL
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ escape_char  /
 % Charset: ISO-8859-8
 % Distribution and use is free, also
 % for commercial purposes.
+%
+% Obsolete locale.  The ISO-639 code for Hebrew was changed from 'iw'
+% to 'he' in 1989, according to Bruno Haible on libc-alpha 2003-09-01.
 
 LC_IDENTIFICATION
 title      "Hebrew locale for Israel"