tested this patch and found problems

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / search_for_locale_data_in_the_installed_location.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/search_for_locale_data_in_the_installed_location.mdwn b/doc/bugs/search_for_locale_data_in_the_installed_location.mdwn
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+++ b/doc/bugs/search_for_locale_data_in_the_installed_location.mdwn
@@ -12,4 +12,14 @@ It seems like gettext only searches for locale information in /usr/share/locale,
             }
 
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--- [[ThomasBleher]]
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+-- [[ThomasBleher]]
+
+> According to my testing, this patch makes ikiwiki's localisation fail for
+> LANG=fr_FR when everything is installed to the default locations, 
+> though LANG=es_ES works. I don't understand this behavior, especially
+> since strace shows it successfully opening the file
+> `/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ikiwiki.mo`.
+> 
+> (Also, it should check that $installdir is set before using it.)
+> 
+> --[[Joey]]