Expand comments about the separate SUPPORTED file

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Florian Weimer 2016-05-09 20:43:58 +02:00
parent 48c31c2f62
commit a92e3b7488

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@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ Source7: nsswitch.conf
Source8: power6emul.c
Source9: bench.mk
Source10: glibc-bench-compare
# A copt of localedata/SUPPORTED in the Source0 tarball. The
# SUPPORTED file is used below to generate the list of locale
# packages. See the language_list macro definition.
Source11: SUPPORTED
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@ -789,11 +792,16 @@ touch `find . -name configure`
# Ensure *-kw.h files are current to prevent regenerating them.
touch locale/programs/*-kw.h
# Verify that the supported set of locales matches the lang packs.
# Generally you'll be updating the source tarball which will bring
# in new langpacks we might have to build. Verify the differences
# then update the copy of SUPPORTED. We do it this way to avoid
# accidentally creating new langpacks.
# Verify that our copy of localedata/SUPPORTED matches the glibc
# version.
#
# The separate file copy is used by the language_list macro above.
# Patches or new upstream versions may change the list of locales,
# which changes the set of langpacks we need to build. Verify the
# differences then update the copy of SUPPORTED. This approach has
# two purposes: (a) avoid spurious changes to the set of langpacks,
# and (b) the language_list macro can use a fully patched-up version
# of the localedata/SUPPORTED file.
diff -u %{SOURCE11} localedata/SUPPORTED
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