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[Bug c/15498] New: typo in gcc manual: non-existing locale example en_UK, should be en_GB


In the gcc-3.4.0 manual on

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.0/gcc/Environment-Variables.html#Environment%20Variables

under LANG, the sentence

  A typical value is en_UK for English in the United Kingdom.

should be changed to

  A typical value is en_GB for English in the United Kingdom.

or even better

  A typical value is en_GB.UTF-8 for English in the United Kingdom
  encoded in UTF-8.

Note that POSIX standard locale names are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes,
and the code for the United Kingdom is GB, not UK. That is also what glibc uses.
There is no en_UK locale in glibc or any other known C library.

Reference:

http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html

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           Summary: typo in gcc manual: non-existing locale example en_UK,
                    should be en_GB
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.4.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: Markus dot Kuhn at cl dot cam dot ac dot uk
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15498


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