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kokoko3k

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[SOLVED] locale syntax question UTF-8 or utf8?

Hi, i've setup 2 systems (slimer and travelmate) with slight different locale settings since years.

koko@slimer# locale
LANG=it_IT.utf8
LC_CTYPE="it_IT.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="it_IT.utf8"
LC_TIME="it_IT.utf8"
LC_COLLATE=it_IT
LC_MONETARY="it_IT.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="it_IT.utf8"
LC_PAPER="it_IT.utf8"
LC_NAME="it_IT.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="it_IT.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="it_IT.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="it_IT.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="it_IT.utf8"
LC_ALL=

koko@TravelMate ~ $ locale
LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Both systems runs fine in italian language.

my locale.gen on both:

koko@slimer# grep -vi \# /etc/locale.gen
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8  
en_US ISO-8859-1  
it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8  
it_IT ISO-8859-1  
it_IT@euro ISO-8859-15  
ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8  

koko@TravelMate ~ $ grep -vi \# /etc/locale.gen
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8  
it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8  
it_IT ISO-8859-1  
it_IT@euro ISO-8859-15  

and my locale -a on both systems:

koko@slimer# locale -a
C
en_US
en_US.iso88591
en_US.utf8
italian
it_IT
it_IT@euro
it_IT.iso88591
it_IT.iso885915@euro
it_IT.utf8
ja_JP.utf8
POSIX

koko@TravelMate ~ $ locale -a
C
POSIX
en_US.utf8
it_IT
it_IT.iso88591
it_IT.iso885915@euro
it_IT.utf8
it_IT@euro
italian

...and to join the party, localectl:

koko@slimer# localectl
   System Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
                  LC_COLLATE=C
       VC Keymap: it
      X11 Layout: n/a

koko@TravelMate ~ $ localectl
   System Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
                  LC_COLLATE=C
       VC Keymap: itCtrlArrows
      X11 Layout: n/a

...so what really is the correct form, maybe both are good?
arch wiki states utf-8 but locale -a does not and localectl seems to figure by its own !(??)!

Last edited by kokoko3k (2020-07-23 05:47:09)

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Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] locale syntax question UTF-8 or utf8?

Doesn't matter

kokoko3k

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Re: [SOLVED] locale syntax question UTF-8 or utf8?

Oh, thanks!

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Re: [SOLVED] locale syntax question UTF-8 or utf8?

Background:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8#Off … d_variants
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3629

UTF-8 is "correct", "utf8" is "ok".

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