Re: [docs] [PATCH 5/7] ref-manual/variables.rst: document the LOCALE_UTF8_IS_DEFAULT variable

Daniel Ammann <[email protected]> Fri, 3 Jul 2026 09:59:39 +0200
Newsgroups org.yoctoproject.lists.docs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello Antonin

See below.

Kind regards, Daniel


On 6/30/26 10:13 AM, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> Added by commit fcde0c43f7b5 ("libc-package.bbclass: add
> LOCALE_UTF8_IS_DEFAULT") in OE-Core.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <[email protected]>
> ---
>   documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 7 +++++++
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> index 231f61d37..20bcf8d60 100644
> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> @@ -6083,6 +6083,13 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
>         :ref:`overview-manual/concepts:Package Splitting`. The list
>         contains ``${datadir}/locale`` by default.
>   
> +   :term:`LOCALE_UTF8_IS_DEFAULT`
> +      If set, locale names are renamed such that those lacking an explicit
> +      encoding (e.g. ``en_US``) will always be UTF-8, and non-UTF-8 encodings
> +      are renamed to, e.g., ``en_US.ISO-8859-1``. Otherwise, the encoding is
> +      specified by `Glibc`'s ``SUPPORTED`` file. This not supported for
                                                         ^ is
> +      precompiled locales.
> +
>      :term:`LOG_DIR`
>         Specifies the directory to which the OpenEmbedded build system writes
>         overall log files. The default directory is ``${TMPDIR}/log``.
> 
> 
> 
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