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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] UTF-8 locale by default
From:       Zac Medico <zmedico () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2012-12-31 21:44:30
Message-ID: 50E2073E.2020004 () gentoo ! org
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On 12/31/2012 09:14 AM, Maxim Kammerer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> stage3 now includes non-ASCII paths, via app-misc/ca-certificates -- e.g.:
> /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/TÜBİTAK_UEKAE_Kök_Sertifika_Hizmet_Sağlayıcısı_-_Sürüm_3.crt
> 
> Working with those (e.g., backup) probably requires a UTF-8 locale. Is
> this considered acceptable? Did anyone notice?

It's been that way for a very long time (over a year). Since bug #382199
[1], portage uses a constant UTF-8 encoding for all installed files
regardless of the locale, so at least you can count on portage handling
those UTF-8 names even if you don't have a UTF-8 locale configured.

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382199
-- 
Thanks,
Zac

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