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Avoid setting LOCPATH in linux standalone builds now that ghc has been fixed to not hang when it cannot find locale files.

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Joey Hess 2016-04-20 12:40:11 -04:00
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> I've made LOCPATH not be set except when git-annex is built with ghc
> older than 7.10, since the problem was fixed in ghc 7.10.
>
> Also, I loved the LOCPATH setting into the linker shim script, rather
> than in runshell, so it will only affect the programs bundled with
> git-annex (itself and git and a few other things). Which are not
> localized anyway in the bundle. So, even in builds where it's still set
> (the linux ancient build in particular), things done in the runshell
> environment won't be affected.
>
> I do wonder if there could be problems with incompatabilities between the
> bundled glibc and the system locale files, which might be for a
> newer/older libc version. Not so much random `.mo` files, which seem
> quite portable across glibc versions, but the more core locale files.
> If that turns out to be a problem, LOCPATH might have to be turned back
> on.
>
> For now, [[done]] --[[Joey]]