Bug 92729

Summary:	sys-libs/glibc ebuild replaces /etc/locales.build
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) <alonbl>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers <toolchain>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	minor	CC:	f5d8fd51ed1e804c9e8d0357e8614e0493b06e96
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge --info glibc

Description Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-15 12:11:18 UTC

When glibc is built, it inputs /etc/locales.build and compile.
The problem is that when it finishes it always replaces /etc/locales.build with a file exists in the files folder of the ebuild.
So emerging glibc twice generate different outputs.

I know that one should be careful and not replace /etc files automatically... But in this case there is no reason to replace the file since it was used as input for the compilation.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Modify /etc/locales.build
2. Emerge glibc
3. Notice that /etc/locales.build reverted to its defaults.

Actual Results:  
/etc/locales.build always reseted to defaults.

Expected Results:  
If /etc/locales.build existed before ebuild and the userlocales USE was
specified, please leave the etc/locales.build file as is (Don't replace with
default).
I think that if the file was missing it should not be created, so emerging twice
will emerge all locales again.

Comment 1 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-15 22:40:06 UTC

You failed to include the output of emerge --info

Comment 2 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-15 23:54:29 UTC

Created attachment 58984 [details]
emerge --info glibc

Sorry, attached emerge --info glibc.
But I've look at all the ebuilds, and they are all the same - Overwrite the
locales.build with the one located in files.

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-05-16 15:18:56 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 72596 ***