I removed a patch (mod_nano) already in the release.
I fixed the nix-locale-archive so the programs don't try to modify the /usr
locale-archive (for non-nixos), although the libc may use that archive to show
strings.
I remove the glibc-2.11 void directory.
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found before:
- programs linked with this glibc, will be able to find its locale-archive
at LOCALE_ARCHIVE_2_11
- for any problem we forgot to mention, we also add the LOCALE_ARCHIVE
variable, checked after LOCALE_ARCHIVE_2_11. I don't know a strong reason to
have it though.
- setuid programs will expect the locale-archive in
/var/run/current-system/sw/lib/locale, usual path of the locale-archive in
nixos, and a path that a sysadmin can set pointing to the locale-archive in
case of non-nixos. setuid programs don't receive the LOCALE_ARCHIVE
variables.
- non-nixos systems will have a check for the locale-archive in /usr/lib/locale
- the glibc programs 'locale' and 'localedef' may be able to find the proper
locale-archive too.
We were also considering getting rid of the locale-archive, and using
locale files directly (like Ubuntu seems to do [1]), maybe using the LOCPATH
variable. But this would not solve the problem of localized setuid programs.
All this came after a 'meeting' with niksnut on irc about this.
[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/244204/
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Maximilian Bosch