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  • glibc-all-langpacks does not install locales

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    With a Docker image of:
    FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:8.6-855

    and package versions of:
    glibc-all-langpacks: 2.28-189.5.el8_6
    glibc-langpack-fr: 2.28-189.5.el8_6

    I am trying to install 15 or so different languages/locales. If installing all of them is the easiest to achieve I am not overly concerned with disk space.
    However the 'glibc-all-langpacks' does not appear to work as documented. The glibc-langpack-x method also doesn't create locales consistently.

    See the below for an example:

    Installing glibc-all-langpacks

    # yum install glibc-all-langpacks
    # LANG=fr_FR date
    Mon Jul  4 00:56:36 UTC 2022
    # locale -a
    C
    C.utf8
    POSIX
    

    I would expect the above to allow the fr_FR lang setting to take effect. It only installs a /usr/libc/locale/locale-archive which is seemingly unusable.

    Installing just glibc-langpack-fr

    # yum install glibc-langpack-fr
    # LANG=fr_FR date
    lun. juil.  4 00:55:14 UTC 2022
    # LANG=fr_FR.iso885915@euro locale -c charmap
    LC_CTYPE
    ISO-8859-15
    # locale -a
    C
    C.utf8
    POSIX
    fr_BE
    fr_BE.utf8
    fr_BE@euro
    fr_CA
    fr_CA.utf8
    fr_CH
    fr_CH.utf8
    fr_FR
    fr_FR.utf8
    fr_FR@euro
    fr_LU
    fr_LU.utf8
    fr_LU@euro
    

    This installs all the FR locales as expected, however not all variants are listed by locale -a, e.g "fr_FR.iso885915@euro".

    Installing both glibc-all-langpacks and glibc-langpack-fr

    # yum install glibc-all-langpacks glibc-langpack-fr
    # LANG=fr_FR date
    lun. juil.  4 01:14:53 UTC 2022
    # locale -a
    C
    C.utf8
    POSIX
    fr_BE
    fr_BE.iso88591
    fr_BE.iso885915@euro
    fr_BE.utf8
    fr_BE@euro
    fr_CA
    fr_CA.iso88591
    fr_CA.utf8
    fr_CH
    fr_CH.iso88591
    fr_CH.utf8
    fr_FR
    fr_FR.iso88591
    fr_FR.iso885915@euro
    fr_FR.utf8
    fr_FR@euro
    fr_LU
    fr_LU.iso88591
    fr_LU.iso885915@euro
    fr_LU.utf8
    fr_LU@euro
    french
    

    This installs all the FR locales and 'locale -a' lists them all correctly. However it is also contrary to the documentation which suggests this is redundant and a waste of space, plus the performance impact of installing glibc-langpack-fr instead of glibc-all-langpacks.

    • Shouldn't 'glibc-all-langpacks' install all the langpacks and make them available for use?
    • Why does installing "glibc-all-langpacks glibc-langpack-fr" list more locale variants than just "glibc-langpack-fr" ?
    • Is there a way to install glibc-langpack-x while also getting all the locale aliases listed by 'locale -a' ?

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