From: "Kerin Millar" <kfm@plushkava.net>
To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/locale-gen:master commit in: /
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:02:31 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1754499397.acf17c1f417f4c6e14a79c24e234181fb22d8cfb.kfm@gentoo> (raw)
commit: acf17c1f417f4c6e14a79c24e234181fb22d8cfb
Author: Kerin Millar <kfm <AT> plushkava <DOT> net>
AuthorDate: Wed Aug 6 16:11:20 2025 +0000
Commit: Kerin Millar <kfm <AT> plushkava <DOT> net>
CommitDate: Wed Aug 6 16:56:37 2025 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/locale-gen.git/commit/?id=acf17c1f
Claim that glibc is absent where localedef(1) output cannot be parsed
Presently, the get_locale_dir() subroutine executes localedef(1) with
the --help option in order to capture the locale path. Should it be
unable to do so, it throws an exception that's intended for developers
rather than end-users. The experience can thus be an ugly one in the
case that locale-gen(8) is run on a foreign platform.
# locale-gen
localedef: illegal option -- -
Usage: localedef [options] localename
[options] are:
-D : BSD-style output
-b : big-endian output
-c : ignore warnings
-l : little-endian output
-v : verbose output
-U : ignore undefined symbols
-f charmap : use given charmap file
-u encoding : assume encoding
-w widths : use screen widths file
-i locsrc : source file for locale
-V version : version string for locale
Can't parse locale directory from localedef(1) output: at ./locale-gen line 130.
Address this minor issue in a twofold manner. Firstly, suppress the
standard error of localedef(1). Secondly, claim that the operating
system does not use glibc in either of the following cases.
a) localedef(1) exits with a status of 0 and its output cannot be parsed
b) localedef(1) or sh(1) otherwise exits normally, with any status
The new diagnostic is depicted beneath.
# locale-gen
locale-gen: Aborting because the OS does not appear to use GNU libc
Signed-off-by: Kerin Millar <kfm <AT> plushkava.net>
locale-gen | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/locale-gen b/locale-gen
index c4887c4..6dc7ad3 100755
--- a/locale-gen
+++ b/locale-gen
@@ -123,11 +123,14 @@ umask 0022;
}
sub get_locale_dir () {
- my $stdout = qx{ localedef --help };
+ my $stdout = qx{ localedef --help 2>/dev/null };
if ($? == 0 && $stdout =~ m/\hlocale path\h*:\s+(\/[^:]+)/) {
return canonpath($1);
+ } elsif (($? & 0xFF) == 0) {
+ # The child terminated normally (in the sense of WIFEXITED).
+ die "$PROGRAM: Aborting because the OS does not appear to use GNU libc\n";
} else {
- die "Can't parse locale directory from localedef(1) output: $!";
+ throw_child_error('localedef');
}
}
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